Lexic.us

Definition of Knockdown

1. Noun. A blow that knocks the opponent off his feet.

2. Adjective. (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled. "I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store"

Definition of Knockdown

1. n. A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.

2. a. Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument.

3. a. Of such force as to fell or overthrow; overwhelming; as, a knockdown blow.

4. n. That which knocks one down; something that overpowers or overwhelms, as strong liquor; specif., a kind of ale or beer that is very strong.

Definition of Knockdown

1. Noun. An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down. ¹

2. Noun. An overwhelming blow. ¹

3. Noun. (genetics) A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that has been made less active or had its expression reduced. ¹

4. Noun. (genetics) The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene. ¹

5. Noun. (nautical) The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface. ¹

6. Noun. (soccer) a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet. ¹

7. Adjective. powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down ¹

8. Adjective. reduced in price ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Knockdown

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knockdown

knock out knock out of the box knock over knock rummy knock someone's block off knock someone's socks off knock someone off his perch knock the living daylights out of knock together knock up

knockabout knockabouts knockback knockbacks knockdown (current term) knockdown-dragout knockdowns knocked knocked-out(a) knocked about

knocked around knocked down knocked out(p) knocked up knocker knocker up knockerless knockers knocketh

Literary usage of Knockdown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1879)
"This blow seems of a decidedly knockdown character. But it is not necessarily so. Some of the greatest of this world's children have been invalids. ..."

2. Robert Montgomery and His Reviewers: With Some Remarks on the Present State by Edward Clarkson (1830)
"that a knockdown blow is masculine ; more especially when the pummelled person remains neuter. The doctor may say with ' cudgelled Roper' in the Dunciad: ..."

3. Buckling of Bars, Plates, and Shells by Robert M. Jones (2006)
"4.11.3 knockdown Approach to Buckling-Critical Shell Design Until the early 2000s, ... This approach is called knockdown design or knockdown-factor design ..."

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