Knock Off

Definition: Knock Off

Knock Off

Verb

1. Get rid of; kill; "The mafia liquidated the informer".

2. Cut the price of.

3. Take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!".

4. Write quickly, as of letters or notes.

5. Stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Knock Off

Completion

Despatch, dispatch; knock off, finish off, polish off; make short work of; dispose of, set at rest; perform, discharge, fulfill, realize; put in practice, put in force; carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution; make good; be as good as one's word.

Crosswords: Knock Off

Don't play innocent with me. You're trying to knock off Megatron so you can take over (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

All they do here is knock off hats, but I enjoy it. It occupies the mind (The Saphead; writing credit: Bronson Howard; Victor Mapes)

You want a baby, why don't you go knock off some willing hellhound (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis)

Yeah, maybe a little bit. Yesterday afternoon the guys decided to just knock off early and go bowling (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang)

I was good enough to knock off the Queen's five lovers, wasn't I (The Private Life of Henry VIII; writing credit: Lajos Biró; Arthur Wimperis)

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Theater & Movies

• Knock Off (reference)

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A large Don Carlos reaching to knock off the crown of a frightened King of Spain. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Expressions using "knock off": knock off smoking ♦ To knock off. Additional references.

Albanian

zbres (alight, bring down, climb down, debus, deduct, descend, dip, discount, dismount, dive, drop off, go down, let off, light, lower, reckon off, recoup, step down, subduct, subtract, take away), ul (abase, cast down, cheapen, couch, decline, depress, disparage, drop, embus, furl, humble, incline, keep down, land, lower, modulate, pull down, reduce, scale down, seat, sink, strike, subdue, subside, throw, turn down, untuck), lë punën. (various references)

Arabic 

‏هزم (bear down, beat, best, checkmate, clobber, defeat, dish, dump, finish, floor, foil, go down, hold down, knock out, lick, outdo, outvote, overcome, overpower, pip, sink, skunk, smash, stop, thrash, vanquish, vote down, whip, wipe out, wipe the floor with smb.), ‏نقص (allow, cut, cut down, decrease, deficiency, depress, deprivation, detract, diminish, diminution, disadvantage, drawback, failing, famish, flaw, gap, imperfection, incompetence, insufficiency, lack, lessen, limit, lower, paucity, rareness, reduce, reduction, retrench, revocation, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, thin), ‏قتل (assassinate, assassination, bag, butcher, croak, death, despatch, dispatch, do in, end, finish, fire, homicide, immolate, kill, killing, lay out, manslaughter, murder, poleaxe, procure, put down, put to death, shoot, slay, take for a ride), ‏وقف العمل, ‏توقف عن التدخين, ‏خصم (adversary, antagonist, concurrent, deduct, discount, enemy, foe, hostile, levy, litigant, opposite, rebate, recoup, subtract, subtraction, withhold). (various references)

Bulgarian 

събарям (bowl over, break down, bring down, demolish, dismantle, fell, fling, fling down, grass, kick over, knock down, lay low, overthrow, prostrate, pull down, push down, push over, rase, raze, ride down, run down, subvert, tear down, throw down), свалям от, намалявам (abate, abbreviate, allay, attenuate, bring down, clip, contract, curtail, cut back, cut down, decline, decrease, deduct, deflate, degrade, deplete, detract, dim, diminish, ebb, extenuate, fine, impair, lessen, lighten, lull, minify, minimize, moderate, modify, pare down, prejudice, put back, put down, reduce, remit, run down, scant, shorten, shrink, sink, slacken, subdue, take from, thin, thin away, thin down, understate, wane, work down). (various references)

Czech

nechat (let, quit, throw over). (various references)

Dutch

wegslaan (beat off, strike off), debatteren (beat off, strike off), afstoten (push down, push off, repel, thrust down), afslaan (abase, abate, aberrate, beat off, cease, come to a halt, decrease, discount, go down, halt, lower, rebate, reduce the price, reject, stop, strike off, turn, turning). (various references)

Esperanto

forbati (beat off, strike off), debati (beat off, strike off). (various references)

French

réduire, débattre, cesser le travail, battre (knock down, knock out), balancer, abaisser. (various references)

German

abstoßen (batter, chip off, clear the ball, push, push away, push down, push off, put off, reject, rejection, repel, repulse, revolt, shove out, take the goal kick, thrust down, unload), abklopfen (beat, brush off, look into, percuss, tap). (various references)

Greek 

σκαρώνω (concoct, contrive, get up to, knock up), σχολάω (finish school, stop work), σταματώ (arrest, balk, belay, cease, check, cheese, come to a halt, detain, draw up, give over, grind to a halt, grind to a standstill, halt, hang on, pause, pull up, put pay to, quit, roll to a halt, stall, stay, stop, trig, waste). (various references)

Hungarian

leüt (knock down, strike down, strike off, to fell, to knock down, to knock off, to spike, to top off), befejez (call it a day, cease, complete, conclude, end, finish, get through, perfect, round off, terminate, to accomplish, to carry through, to clear off, to close, to conclude, to end, to finish off, to make good, to perfect, to polish off, to round off, to sign off, to terminate, to wind, wound), abbahagy (cease, discontinue, give up, lay aside, leave off, quit, relinquish, snap out of it, stop, to break off, to can, to cease, to discard, to discontinue, to dismiss, to give over, to give up, to lay aside, to lay by, to leave off, to relinquish, to sign off, to stop, to switch off). (various references)

Italian

staccare (divide, pick, pluck, remove, separate, stand out, take, tear, tear off, tear out). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

叩き落とす (to knock down, to knock off). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たたきおとす (to knock down, to knock off). (various references)

Manx

scuirr voish obbyr, lhieggey jeh. (various references)

Pig Latin

ockknay offay.(various references)

Portuguese

liquidar (acquit, close out, defray, despatch, dispatch, liquidate, pay, pay down, pay off, pay up, rub out, satisfy, sell out, settle), discutir (agitate, argue, canvass, controvert, debate, deliberate, discourse, discuss, dispute, gainsay, moot, quarrel, rap, reason, spar, strike off, talk over, traverse, ventilate), deduzir (abstract, articulate, collect, deduce, derive, educe, elicit, gather, imply, poke about, recoup, retrench), debater (canvass, contest, controvert, debate, discuss, moot, powwow, question, reason, strike off, toss, ventilate). (various references)

Romanian

sfeterisi (lift, make away with, nobble, pick, prig, sneak), scrie la repezealã, reduce (abate, abridge, ax, axe, bear down, bring, cancel out, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, draw in, drop, extenuate, fine down, knock down, lessen, lower, make good, narrow down, pare down, prune, recover, reduce, retrench, slacken, stint, stop, unbend, weaken), prãda (despoil, flay, fleece, gut, loot, pillage, plunder, prey, ransack, Raven, reave, Rob, ruin, sack, spoil), omorî (annihilate, assassinate, bring down, bump, butcher, croak, destroy, dispatch, do for, do in, execute, exhaust, finish, kill, make an end of, make away with, murder, put smb. on the spot, put to death, send to glory, shift, slaughter, slay, spoil, torment, torture), micşora viteza, jefui (burgle, flay, fleece, Harry, loot, maraud, mug, pillage, prey, ransack, Raven, reave, Rob, scathe, spoil), istovi (crock, exhaust, fag, fag out, haze, jade, kill, rack, try, wither), fura (abstract, crib, defalcate, embezzle, filch, hook, kidnap, lift, make away with, nibble, nim, pick pockets, pilfer, pill, pinch, plagiarize, poach, prig, purloin, Raven, reave, snake, steal, thieve), face felul (make away with, shift), şterpeli (annex, bag, filch, nibble, nobble, pilfer, pinch, scrounge, steal, whisk), înjgheba (assemble, collect, gather, patch, raise), înfiripa (recover), înceta lucrul (leave off work, strike work). (various references)

Russian 

сшибать, сносить (pull down, raze, stomach, tear down), сбивать (down, hammer together, underbade, underbid, underbidden). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

završiti posao (mop up), sklepati (knock together, tack, toss off), prestati (cease, cut out, desist, discontinue, end, intermit, leave, quit, surcease), odbiti (cast aside, counter, decline, deduct, deny, disallow, dock, drive back, fend off, fight off, keep off, overrule, parry, rebuff, reflect, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, stave off, strike up, throw back, turn away, turn back, turn down, ward off, wean), obijati (rob, scutch). (various references)

Spanish

limpiar (black, char, clean, clean down, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear, clear out, debug, delete, do, dredge, dust, efface, Frank, live down, make clean, manicure, mop, mop up, police, polish, purge, rub up, scavenge, scour, scrape, shine, swab, swob, tidy, tidy out, tidy up, turn out, wash, wipe, wipe down, wipe off, wipe out, wipe up), birlar (bone, knock down, lift, mooch, Nick, nobble, snaffle, sneak, whip), cargarse (bump off, load, waste, zap), cesar (break, break off, cap, cease, close up, come, cut off, delete, disable, eat up, end, expire, follow up, get over, get through, give over, go out, hole, land, leave off, let up, liquidate, stop, surcease, terminate, throw over, top off, wind up, zip, zip up), dejar de trabajar, descontar (abandon ship, abate, cash up, deduct, depreciate, derate, discount, rebate, reduce, take off), despachar de (get off), despenar, detener en (apprehend, bring in, intercept), ejecutar (accomplish, carry through, discharge, enforce, execute, implement, live up, perform, run), acabar (accomodate, accomplish, break off, come, complement, complete, discontinue, eat up, end, expire, finish, follow up, get over, give over, go out, hole, land, leave off, let up, play out, round off, terminate, throw over, top off, use up, wash out, waste, wind up, work out), hacer caer (push down, push over, settle, spill, tip up, topple, trap, trip, trip up, tumble, tumble over), tirarse a (lay), matar (butcher, carry off, cut down, destroy, dispose of, do in, homicide, kill, lay, liquidate, murder, postmark, pot, shoot, slaughter, slay, swat), quitar (abstract, blow off, brush away, brush off, clear away, clear out, come off, encroach on, excise, get away, get off, get out, give, iron out, kill, knock out, lay, leak away, leak out, leave, lend, let away, litter, Parry, pick off, pinch, pull off, push off, relieve, remove, take away, take down, take from, take off, take out, take up, tear down, throw aside, throw away, throw over, throw up, tidy away, trim away, trim off, trot along, trot over, trot round, turn off, twist off, wash away, wash off, weaken, weed, withdraw), rebajar (abase, abate, bring down, cheapen, cut, cut down, debase, decry, deduct, deflate, demean, depress, discount, dismount, dock, gear down, knock down, lessen, lower, mark down, rebate, reduce, take away, take from, take off, talk down, write down), salir del trabajo, suspender (abate, adjourn, ban, call off, catch, discontinue, fail, flunk, hang, hang up, hold up, lay aside, lay by, lay off, leave off, pip, pluck, reject, stay, stop, suspend), suspender el trabajo (leave off), terminar de (get over, get through, give over, hole, land), tirar (burn, cast, discard, dispose of, drag, draw, draw out, fire, haul, heave, kiss off, lay, pitch, print, pull, shoot, tell off, throw, throw about, throw aside, throw away, throw out, to throw, toss away, toss over, tug, turn out), tirarse (lay, plunge), finalizar (cap, close, closure, come, conclude, eat up, expire, finalize, hole, leave off, let up, terminate, throw over, top off, wind up). (various references)

Swedish

knäppa (buckle, button, click, do up, fasten, fillip, flick, flip, plug, pot, snap, thrum, twang, zap), svänga ihop (knock up), sluta jobbet, slå av på (Bate), sätta på (do, fit, hump, jump, turn on), råna (hold up, plunder, reive, rob, roll), lägga av med (cut out, kick), lägga av (call it a day, grow from, grow out of, kick, leave off, pack, quit). (various references)

Turkish

kızlığını bozmak (deflorate, deflower, ruin), soymak (bare, bark, burglarize, burgle, clean out, decorticate, denude, deplume, despoil, disrobe, divest, flay, fleece, heist, hold up, housebreak, pare, Peel, pluck, plunder, pull off, rifle, rip off, Rob, roll, sack, shave, shear, skin, stick up, strip, unclothe, undress, unrobe), paydos etmek (call it a day, quit, recess), indirim yapmak (allow, discount, give a discount, shade), halledivermek, fiyat kırmak (beat down, cut under, knock down, lower the price, undercut, undersell), düzmek (prepare), düşürmek (beat down, cause to fall, curtail, deflate, depress, drop, flop, let down, let fall, lower, mark down, overthrow, precipitate, pull dawn, put down, reduce, roll back, scale down, screw down, send down, sink, slim down, spill, step down, take from, throw, topple over, trip), becermek (do well, get things done, have a screw, manage, swing, tackle), öldürmek (assassinate, bump off, carry off, croak, cut down, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in, do one's job for one, drop, erase, exterminate, get, get rid of, give smb. his quietus, ice, kill, kill off, knock out, liquidate, make away with, murder, off, put away, put down, put to death, rub out, send to glory, shoot, shoot dead, slay, take off, take smb.'s life, waste, wipe out, zap), çalmak (abstract, adopt, bag, beat, beat out, blow, chime, cop, crib, defalcate, filch, finger, grind, grind out, heist, hijack, hoist, hook, hoot, incline, jangle, jingle, knelt, knock, lift, make off with, mooch, nobble, peal, pilfer, pinch, play, plunder, rap, render, ring, rustle, scrounge, sneak, snitch, sound, steal, strike, swipe, tend, thieve, toll, twang, verge, verge into, verge on, walk away with, walk off with, whip). (various references)

Ukrainian

змахувати (brush off, flick, whisk), збивати (bag, churn, shake up, whisk). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: knockoff.

-3 letters: knock.

-4 letters: coff, conk, coof, cook, coon, konk, kook, nock, nook.

-5 letters: con, coo, fon, noo, off.

+1 letter: knockoffs.