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Definitions for knockdown
ˈnɒkˌdaʊnknock·down

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. knockdownadjective

    a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet

  2. knockdownadjective

    (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled

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

Wiktionary

  1. knockdownnoun

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

  2. knockdownnoun

    An overwhelming blow.

  3. knockdownnoun

    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. knockdownnoun

    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. knockdownnoun

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

  6. knockdownnoun

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

  7. knockdownadjective

    powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down

  8. knockdownadjective

    reduced in price

Wikipedia

  1. Knockdown

    Knockdown is a song by English recording artist Alesha Dixon. It was taken from her debut album Fired Up. The single was commercially released on 30 October 2006, having been made available for legal download the previous week. The song was written by Alesha and the Kent-based production team, Xenomania. Knockdown is Dixon's lowest charting single to date, peaking at number forty-five in the UK Singles Charts, and spending just four weeks in the charts. As a result of the single's failure, Alesha was dropped from Polydor Records. However, Alesha was signed to Asylum Records, where she has achieved further success under a new label.

ChatGPT

  1. knockdown

    Knockdown generally refers to a process or event where something or someone is made ineffective or incapable of performing its normal function. It can refer to a physical act of causing someone or something to fall or collapse, or a metaphorical act of debilitating or reducing the strength, power, or influence of individuals, systems, arguments, etc. In genetics, it can refer to the disabling or reduction of gene function for the study of that gene's influence on an organism. The exact definition varies based on context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Knockdownnoun

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

  2. Knockdownadjective

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

Wikidata

  1. Knockdown

    "Knockdown" is the second single from Alesha Dixon, from her debut album Fired Up. The single was commercially released on 30 October 2006, having been made available for legal download the previous week. The song was written by Alesha and the Kent-based production team, Xenomania. Knockdown is Dixon's lowest charting single to date, peaking at number forty-five in the UK Singles Charts, and spending just four weeks in the charts. As a result of the single's failure, Alesha was dropped from Polydor Records. However, Alesha was signed to Asylum Records, where she has achieved further success under a new label.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of knockdown in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of knockdown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of knockdown in a Sentence

  1. Kamala Harris:

    They're going to engage in an attempt to distract from the real issues that are impacting the American people. And I expect that they will engage in dirty tactics. And this is going to be a knockdown, drag-out. And we're ready.

  2. Christelle Achkar:

    For his exact mutation, if you think about DNA, you have two copies of everything. He has one good copy and one abnormal copy. Not only is his bad copy improperly functioning, it’s also preventing the healthy copy from functioning properly, a knockdown ASO would target the abnormal copy of the gene, by preventing it from turning into the abnormal protein, without affecting the healthy copy.

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