Definitions for knockdownˈnɒkˌdaʊn

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

knock•downˈnɒkˌdaʊn(adj.)

  1. capable of knocking something down; overwhelming; irresistible:

    a knockdown blow.

  2. constructed of parts that can readily be disassembled and assembled:

    knockdown furniture.

    Category: Building Trades

  3. offered or acquired for less than the prevailing rate:

    knockdown prices.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  4. (n.)a knockdown object.

  5. an act or instance of knocking down, esp. by a blow.

  6. something that fells or overwhelms.

  7. a reduction or lowering, as in price or number.

Origin of knockdown:

1680–90

Princeton's WordNet

  1. knockdown(adj)

    a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet

  2. knockdown(adj)

    (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled

    "I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store"

Wiktionary

  1. knockdown(Noun)

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

  2. knockdown(Noun)

    An overwhelming blow.

  3. knockdown(Noun)

    A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that has been made less active or had its expression reduced.

  4. knockdown(Noun)

    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.

  5. knockdown(Noun)

    The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.

  6. knockdown(Noun)

    a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.

  7. knockdown(Adjective)

    powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down

  8. knockdown(Adjective)

    reduced in price

Webster Dictionary

  1. Knockdown(noun)

    a felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal

  2. Knockdown(adj)

    of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument


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