KNOCK OUT
Dictionary entry overview: What does knock out mean?
• KNOCK OUT (verb)
The verb KNOCK OUT has 5 senses:
1. eliminate
2. knock unconscious or senseless
3. destroy or break forcefully
4. overwhelm with admiration
5. empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
Familiarity information: KNOCK OUT used as a verb is common.
Dictionary entry details
• KNOCK OUT (verb)
Meaning:
Eliminate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
knock out a target
Hypernyms (to "knock out" is one way to...):
do away with; eliminate; get rid of (terminate or take out)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Knock unconscious or senseless
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
kayo; knock cold; knock out
Context example:
the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds
Hypernyms (to "knock out" is one way to...):
beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to knock out the prisoners
Meaning:
Destroy or break forcefully
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The windows were knocked out
Hypernyms (to "knock out" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Overwhelm with admiration
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
All the guys were knocked out by her charm
Hypernyms (to "knock out" is one way to...):
overcome; overpower; overtake; overwhelm; sweep over; whelm (overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
knocked out a pipe
Hypernyms (to "knock out" is one way to...):
empty (make void or empty of contents)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
