Definitions for knockdown

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knockdown knock·down

Spelling: [nok-doun]

IPA: /ˈnɒkˌdaʊn/

Knockdown is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in knockdown (cdkknnoow).

Definitions for knockdown

noun

1. a knockdown object.
2. an act or instance of knocking down, especially by a blow.
3. something that fells or overwhelms.
4. reduction or lowering, as in price or number:
5. Slang. an introduction, especially to a person:
6. Nautical. the capsizing of a small boat as a result of a strong gust of wind.

adjective

1. capable of knocking something down; overwhelming; irresistible:
2. constructed in separate parts that can readily be taken apart for easy storage, shipping, etc.:
3. offered or acquired for less than the prevailing rate:

Origin of knockdown

First recorded in 1680-90; adj., noun use of verb phrase knock down

Examples for knockdown

I bought a number of knockdown chairs in Chicago all made by hand for $125 and sold them for much more.

But ever since this malady left me a lonely dominie for life, diphtheria has been a knockdown word for me.

He comes up again after every knockdown, as fresh as a daisy.

Toppy shook his head, like a pugilist clearing his wits after a knockdown.

Souls have in them a wonderful capacity for recovering after knockdown blows.

A shout of rage from the piper, and a knockdown blow that levelled the offender, replied to the insult.

I'll go straight up and give you a knockdown--I want to, anyway.

In the best of circumstances it is only rarely that having identified his big bull, the hunter can deliver a knockdown blow.

This Harvey thought would be a knockdown blow, and it was—indirectly.

Electrolyte is not supplied with batteries shipped in a knockdown condition.