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Definition: KO |
KONoun1. A blow that renders the opponent unconscious. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "KO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references) |
"KO" is a common misspelling or typo for: co, coo, key, kohl, kola, kook. |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Knockout (K.O.), or simply knock, is a winning criterium of many ringsports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai and others. A knocked participant is either unconscious or sufficiently unbalanced and confused to be unable to continue the fight for the time being, technical knockout (T.K.O.).Since knockouts are not always possible to achieve, other winning criteria are usually employed as well.
Repeated blows to the head are known to produce damage to the cerebrum, such as concussion, and in extreme cases internal bleeding within the brain. Because of this, many physicians advise against knockout sports. In certain other sports, there is a knockout rule, also called mercy rule or slaughter rule, which can bring a lopsided game to an early conclusion. See slaughter rule.
"Knockout" is also a common abbreviation for gene knockout.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Knockout."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Ka - Kb - Kc - Kd - Ke - Kf - Kg - Kh - Ki - Kj - Kk - Kl - Km - Kn - Ko - Kp - Kq - Kr - Ks - Kt - Ku - Kv - Kw - Kx - Ky - Kz
- Kobal, Fran, (1881-1937), poet
- Kobal, Josip, (1870-1888), poet
- Kobav, Andrej, (born 1593), Slovene mathematician.
- Kobayashi, Masaki, (born 1916), Japanese director
- Kobe, Boris, (1905-1981), architect, painter.
- Kobell, Wolfgang Franz von, (1803-1882), mineralogists
- Kobelt, Karl, (1891-1968), President of Switzerland
- Kobilca, Ivana, (1861-1926), paintress.
- Kobo, Abe, (died 1993), Japanese author
- Kobun, emperor of Japan, (648-672)
- Kocbek, Edvard, (1904-1981), poet
- Kocbek, Matjaz, (born 1946), poet
- Kochanowski, Jan, (born 1530), poet
- Koch, Edward I
- Köchel, Ludwig Alois Ferdinand, (born 1800), Austrian researcher on music
- Kocher, Emil Theodor, (1841-1917), Swiss physiologist
- Koch, Helge von, (1870-1924), mathematician
- Koch, Ilse, (1906-1967), German wife of Karl Otto Koch "Bitch of Buchenwald"
- Kochina, Pelagaeia Polubarinova, (1899-1999), mathematician
- Koch, Karl Otto, (1897-1945), Nazi death camp head
- Koch, Robert, (1843-1910), German physician and bacteriologist
- Koch, Walter Karl, surgeon
- Kodaira, Kunihiko, (1915-1997), Japanese mathematician
- Kodály, Zoltán, (1882-1967), composer
- Koder, Anton, (1851-1918), poet
- Koder, Urban, (born 1928), composer, conductor, jazz trumpeter
- Koechlin, Charles, (born 1867), composer
- Koehler, Robert, (1850-1917), German-born US painter
- König, Franz Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Vienna
- Koenig, Walter, (born 1936), US actor
- Koeppen, Wolfgang, (born 1906)
- Koerber, Ernst von, (1850-1919), Minister-President of Austria (1916)
- Koestler, Arthur, (1905-1983), Hungarian-born writer
- Kogan, Leonid, (1924-1982), violinist
- Kogon, emperor of Japan, (1313-1364)
- Kogyoku, empress of Japan, (594-661)
- Kohlberg, Lawrence, (1927-1987), psychologist
- Kohl, Hannelore, (died 2001), wife of ex-chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl
- Kohl, Helmut, (1930-1998), German chancellor 1982-1998
- Kohn, Walter, (born 1923)
- Kohout, Pavel, (born 1928), writer
- Kohrs, Conrad, (died 1920), rancher
- Koirala, Manisha, Indian Actress
- Koivisto, Mauno, (born 1923), president of Finland 1982-1994
- Koivu, Saku, Finnish-born ice hockey player
- Koji Kondo, (born 1960), Japanese composer
- Kokaku, emperor of Japan
- Koken, empress of Japan
- Kokhba, Simon bar, leader of the second Jewish revolt
- Koko, emperor of Japan
- Kokoschka, Oskar, (1886-1980), dramatist, author
- Kokot, Andrej, (born 1936), poet
- Kok, Wim, (born 1938), Dutch prime minister
- Kolb, Claudia, (born 1949), swimming star
- Kolbe, Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, (1818-1884), chemist
- Kolbe, Maximillian, (1894-1941)
- Kolehmainen, Hannes, (1889-1966) Finnish athlete
- Kollek, Teddy, (born 1911), mayor of Jerusalem
- Koller, Arnold, (born 1933), Swiss Federal Councilor
- Kollo, Rene, (born 1937), tenor
- Kollontai, Alexandra, Soviet official
- Kollwitz, Kathe, (1867-1945), painter
- Kolmogorov, Andrey Nikolaevich, (1903-1987), mathematician
- Kolmogorov, Andrey Nikolayevich, (1903-1987), mathematician
- Kolping, Adolf, (1813-1865), theologian
- Kolstad, Peder L, (1931-1932), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Kolthoff, Isaac, (born 1894), chemist
- Koltschina, Alevtina, (born 1930), Soviet skier
- Kolzig, Olaf, (born 1970), NHL goalie
- Komarov, Vladimir, (1927-1967), Soviet cosmonaut
- Komei, emperor of Japan, (1771-1840), Emperor of Japan
- Komelj, Miklavz, (born 1970), poet
- Komunyakaa, Yusef, (born 1948), US poet
- Konin, emperor of Japan, (709-782)
- Konoe Fumimaro, (1891-1945), Japanese WW2 Prime Minister
- Konopka, Tadewurz Wladzui/Tadeus Wladyslaw (1923-1986), aka Ted Knight
- Konow, Gunnar, (1913-1920), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Konow, Wollert, (1910-1912), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Konrad II Ota, (1189-1191), Bohemian aristocrat
- Konrad I of Poland, (1241-1243), Polish ruler
- Konsalik, Heinz G, (1921-1999), writer, aged 78
- Kontsevich, Maxim, (born 1964), mathematician
- Koolhaas, Rem, (born 1944), Dutch-born architect
- Kool Keith, (unknown-), US rapper
- Kooning, Willem de, (1904-1997), painter
- Koons, Jeff, (born 1955), US kitsch artist
- Koontz, Dean R, US horror author
- Kooti, Te, (c. 1820-1891), Māori leader
- Kopelew, Lew, (1912-1997), (Lev Kopelev), author
- Kopitar, Jernej, (1780-1844), philologist.
- Koppel, Ted, (born 1940), US journalist
- Kops, Jan, (died 1849), agriculturist, vicar
- Koranter, Sonja, (born 1948), poet
- Korbut, Olga, (born 1955), gymnast
- Korchnoi, Viktor, (born 1931), chess player
- Korczak, Janusz, (1878-1942), Polish child expert
- Korda, Alexander, (1893-1956), film director
- Korekiyo, Takahashi, (1854-1936), Japanese author
- Koresh, David, (1959-1993), US Branch Davidian cult leader
- Korman, Harvey, (born 1927), actor, comedian
- Kornbluth, Cyril M, (1923-1958), US science fiction author
- Korner, Alexis, (1928-1984), English musician
- Korner, Theodor, (1873-1957), general and politician
- Kornhauser, Aleksandra, (born 1926), chemist.
- Kornilov, Lavr Georgevich, (1870-1918), Russian general
- Koroknay-Palicz, Alex, (born 1981), activist
- Korolev, Sergei, (1907-1966), Soviet rocket designer
- Kortner, Fritz, (1892-1970), director
- Korvald, Lars, (1972-1973), Norwegian Prime Minister
- Korzybski, Alfred, (1879-1950), Polish-born semanticist
- Kosciuszko, Tadeusz, (1746-1817), Pole
- Koseski, Jovan, (1798-1884), poet
- Kosinski, Jerzy, (1933-1991), US writer
- Kosmac, France, (1922-1974), poet, film director, publicist.
- Kosmac, Rudi, (1932-1981), actor
- Kosma I of Alexandria, (729-730), Coptic Pope
- Kosma II of Alexandria, (851-858), Coptic Pope
- Kosma III of Alexandria, (921-933), Coptic Pope
- Kosovel, Srecko, (1904-1926), poet
- Kossak, Wojciech, (born 1857), Polish painter
- Koss, Johann Olav, (born 1968), speed skater
- Koster, Henry, (1905-1988), film director
- Kostina, Oksana, (died 1993), Russian gymnast.
- Kosto, Aad, (born 1938), theologian, actor, assistant Secretary of Justice of the Netherlands
- Kosuta, Miroslav, (born 1936), poet
- Kos, Vladimir, (born 1924), poet
- Kosygin, Alexei, (1904-1980), former Soviet premier
- Kotnik, Rudolf, (1931-1996), painter.
- Kotoku, emperor of Japan, (597-654)
- Kotoku Shusui, (1871-1911), Japanese anarchist
- Kotto, Yaphet, (born 1937), African-born US actor
- Kotzebue, August Friedrich Ferdinand von, (1761-1819), German Dramatist.
- Koudelka, Josef, (born 1938), photographer
- Koufax, Sandy, (born 1935), MLB player
- Kournikova, Anna, (born 1981), Russian professional tennis player
- Kovacevich, Dick, CEO, Wells Fargo
- Kovacs, Ernie, (1919-1962), US comedian
- Kovalevskaya, Sofia, (1850-1891), mathematician
- Kovic, Kajetan, (born 1931), poet
- Kowa, Seki, (1642-1708), mathematician
- Kozina, Marjan, (1907-1965), composer.
- Kozler, Peter, (1824-1879), lawyer, geographer, politician, manufacturer.
- Kozlovsky, Alexey, (died 1977), composer
- Kozole, Damjan, (born 1964), film director and scenarist.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of people by name: Ko."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ko | French | Kilo-octets | Meteorology & Standards |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: KOSynonym: knockout (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: KO |
| English words defined with "KO": Potassoxyl. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "KO": screen film sensitivity. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "KO" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (cow), Finnish (if, whether), Frisian (cow), Guarani (this), Serbo-Croatian (who), Slovene (when), Swedish (cow, kow), Tagalog (I, my), Tswana (is), Wolof (it). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Jis ko hasna chaahiye woh roh raha hai. (Woh Kaun Thi; writing credit: Dhruva Chatterjee) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Buhay ko Pag-ibig mo (1973) Ko pride lev (1972) Kozure Ôkami: Oya no kokoro ko no kokoro (1972) Ko da ujedini sve Cigane (1970) Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (1970) | |
Song Titles | SHIMMY SHIMMY KO KO BOP (performing artist: Little Anthony & The Imperials ) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title | ||
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Theater & Movies | |||
Music |
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High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The Air Force honored 2nd Lt. Richard Van de Geer with a full-honors funeral Oct. 27, at Arlington National Cemetery. Van de Geer died when the CH-53 helicopter he was co-piloting was shot down approaching Ko Tang Island, Cambodia, during the USS Mayaquez. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "KO 14" by Lucien Aréstegüi Commentary: "-" | "Palms" by Jana Werner Commentary: "Ko Olina Resort Hawaii Enjoy!." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| "KO" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.59% of the time. "KO" is used about 54 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.59% | 50 | 48,117 |
| Noun (common) | 5.56% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.85% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 54 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "KO" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ko | Last name | 1,000 | 8,126 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "KO": ko punch ♦ ling ko. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "KO": ko-kee. | |
Ending with "KO": al-ko, ringi-ko. | |
Containing "KO": a-ko-rus. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
ko samui thailand | 488 | we ko pa | 18 |
ko | 422 | ko so young | 18 |
ko olina | 97 | jenny ko | 18 |
ko samui | 94 | hotel ko phangan | 17 |
ko samui hotel | 80 | al ko | 16 |
hotel ko samet | 63 | ko marriott olina | 16 |
chang hotel ko | 40 | ko lanta | 15 |
ko samet | 38 | beach club ko marriott olina | 15 |
ko olina resort | 35 | anna ko | 15 |
don hotel ko phi phi | 32 | ko pha ngan | 15 |
ko shop | 31 | ko phangan | 15 |
project a ko | 30 | fader ko | 14 |
ko propo | 27 | we ko pa golf course | 13 |
beach club ko olina | 26 | gal ko | 12 |
ko shauna | 26 | marriotts ko olina beach club | 11 |
chat ko | 26 | ihilani jw ko marriott olina resort spa | 10 |
gebroeders ko | 24 | ko magazine | 10 |
ko phi phi | 23 | b g ko mk ngr pppkjjkjp wp | 10 |
ko tao | 21 | ko chang | 10 |
ko tao hotel | 19 | golf ko pa we | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "KO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Ko-kneter (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader), Buss-kneter (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
Dutch | Ko-kneder (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader), wormkneedmachine (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
Finnish | kokneetteri (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader), yhteenvaivain (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
French | Ko-malaxeur (Ko-kneader), malaxeur Buss (Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
German | Ko-Kneter (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader), Buss-Kneter (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
Greek | μαλακτήρας Buss (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader), ζυμωτής Buss (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kiütés (huff, kayo, knock out, knockout, papula, pimple, rash). (various references) | |
Italian | impastatrice Buss (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | グロー放電 (cage, cake, case, case by case, case method, case study, casework, caseworker, chaos, chassis ground, frame ground, gloria, glossary, glow discharge, groggy, grotesque, knock-out). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ケーオー (knock-out). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | okay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | amassador Buss (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
Spanish | Ko-amasadora (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader), amasadora Buss (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
Swedish | Buss-knådare (Buss-kneader, Ko-kneader). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "KO": koa, koala, koalas, koan, koans, koas, kob, kobo, kobold, kobolds, kobos, kobs, koel, koels, kohl, kohlrabi, kohlrabies, kohls, koi, koine, koines, kois, kokanee, kokanees, kola, kolache, kolacky, kolas, kolbasi, kolbasis, kolbassi, kolbassis, kolhoz, kolhozes, kolhozy, kolinski, kolinskies, kolinsky, kolkhos, kolkhoses, kolkhosy, kolkhoz, kolkhozes, kolkhoznik, kolkhozniki, kolkhozniks, kolkhozy, kolkoz, kolkozes, kolkozy, kolo. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "KO": bucko, bunko, chechako, cheechako, dekko, gecko, gingko, iroko, jingko, jocko, mako, pachinko, pinko, shacko, shako, sicko, socko, stinko, wacko, whacko. (additional references) | |
Words containing "KO": alkoxide, alkoxides, alkoxy, angakok, angakoks, aniseikonia, aniseikonias, aniseikonic, arkose, arkoses, arkosic, askoi, askos, backout, backouts, bangkok, bangkoks, beckon, beckoned, beckoner, beckoners, beckoning, beckons, blackout, blackouts, breakout, breakouts, buckoes, buckos, bunkoed, bunkoes, bunkoing, bunkos, chechakos, checkoff, checkoffs, checkout, checkouts, cheechakos, chickories, chickory, cookoff, cookoffs, cookout, cookouts, crankous, cuckold, cuckolded, cuckolding, cuckoldries, cuckoldry. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "k-o" | |
+1 letter: koa, kob, koi, kop, kor, kos, oak, oka, oke, wok, yok. | |
+2 letters: amok, bock, bonk, book, bosk, coke, conk, cook, cork, dock, dork, folk, fork, gook, gowk, hock, hoke, holk, honk, hook, howk, ikon, jock, joke, joky, jouk, kaon, kayo, keno, keto, kilo, kino, knob, knop, knot, know, koan, koas, kobo, kobs, koel, kohl, kois, kola, kolo, konk, kook, koph, kops, kore, kors, koss, koto, kudo, lock, look, mako, mock, moke, monk, mosk, nock, nook, oaks, oink, okas, okay, okeh, okes, okra, pock, poke, poky, pork, rock, rook, soak, sock, soke, sook, souk, toke, took, woke, woks, wonk, work, yock, yoke, yoks, yolk, zonk. | |
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