Synonyms for knock out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : nok
Phonetic Transcription : nÉ’k


Définition of knock out

Origin :
  • Old English cnocian (West Saxon cnucian), "to pound, beat; knock (on a door)," likely of imitative origin. Meaning "deprecate, put down" is from 1892. Related: Knocked; knocking. Knock-kneed first attested 1774. Knock-down, drag-out is from 1827. Command knock it off "stop it" is first recorded 1880, perhaps from auctioneer's term for "dispose of quickly:"
  • At the commencement of the sales, he gave every one that wanted to purchase a paper containing a description of the lands that were to be sold; and, as the sales were cried, he called over the numbers and described the land; and when it got up to one dollar and a quarter an acre, if no body bid, after it was cried two or three times, he would say, knock it off, knock it off. [U.S. Senate record, 1834]
  • verb knock unconscious
Example sentences :
  • But it did not knock out Gore, and Quirl had to pay dearly for his error.
  • Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • I'm goin' to knock out the rest of 'em, an' break the rest of your ribs—one at a time.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • And on pure chance that he might knock out that leader, Shann chose him for his victim.
  • Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
  • It was to knock out the end of our car, and drop the rails on the track as we ran.
  • Extract from : « Daring and Suffering: » by William Pittenger
  • He left it there, and then the boy began to knock out the wedge.
  • Extract from : « Rollo's Experiments » by Jacob Abbott
  • The boy brought Marco a stone, and Marco began to knock out the nails.
  • Extract from : « Forests of Maine » by Jacob S. Abbott
  • But you may hail away, so, for ever, and you will not knock out what we can.
  • Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin
  • Now, Tom, let the chain out; I will jump below and knock out the shackle.
  • Extract from : « A Chapter of Adventures » by G. A. Henty
  • I wish, George, you could knock out something for her before you leave town.
  • Extract from : « A Laodicean » by Thomas Hardy
  • I expect they knock out their eyes and have electric ones put in.
  • Extract from : « Esther's Charge » by Evelyn Everett-Green

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