KNOCKOUT

Knockout

A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and other sports involving striking. A full knockout is considered any legal strike or combination thereof that renders an opponent unable to continue fighting.

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Knock Out

Knock Out is a Bollywood film directed by Mani Shankar. Released on 15 October 2010, the film stars Sanjay Dutt, Irfan Khan and Kangna Ranaut. Knock Out is an unauthorized remake of Phone Booth. In October 2010, the Bombay High Court ordered the film's producers to pay a portion of their revenues to 20th Century Fox who own the rights to Phone Booth. The film was a disaster at the Indian boxoffice.

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knock out

Verb

  1. To strike or bump (someone or something) out.
  2. To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head.
  3. To put to sleep.
  4. To exhaust.
  5. To complete, especially in haste; knock off.
  6. To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.
  7. To eliminate.


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knockout

Noun

  1. The act of making someone unconscious, or at least unable to come back on their feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.
    The boxer scored a knockout on his opponent.
  2. The deactivation of anything.
  3. Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
    If you've ever had a sack race, you know it's a real knockout for kids and adults alike.
  4. A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
  5. A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal.
    They left a knockout in the panel for running extra wires someday.
  6. The deactivation of a particular gene.
  7. A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
  8. An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
  9. A tournament, in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next round.
    the knockout stages of the competition

Adjective

  1. Rendering someone unconscious.
    He delivered a knockout blow.
  2. Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful.
    You should have seen her knockout eyes.
  3. Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.
  4. Causing elimination from a competition


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