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Definitions: Knock-down |
Knock-downAdjective1. Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down blow" knock-down-and-drag-out adj : (informal) extremely violent;. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "knock-down" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1827. (references) |
Synonyms: Knock-downSynonyms: knock-down(a) (adj), powerful (adj). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: knockdown (sports & leisure). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Destruction | Extinction, annihilation; destruction of life; knock-down blow; doom, crack of doom. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Knock-down |
| English words defined with "knock-down": powerful. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "knock-down": AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT ENGINEER-TECHNICIAN ♦ engineer, automated equipment ♦ technician, automated equipment. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Knock-down" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (knockdown). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | But, you know what I'm wondering? What if Vern doesn't get out? What if, as he comes up for parole, he gets into a brawl, a knock-down, drag-out with his old roomie? (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Ko-Ko's Knock-Down (1929) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Knock-down" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 70.83% of the time. "Knock-down" is used about 24 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 70.83% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Noun (singular) | 29.17% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "knock-down": knock-down-and-drag-out. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "knock-down"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 击' (Downed, Downing, knockdown, knockout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 치 아래 그리 끄십시" 밖으로 (knock-down-and-drag-out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | heese (beneath, down, downhill, hereafter, knock-down prices, lower end, under). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ock-downknay нокдаун (knock down). (various references) dråpslag (knockdown blow). (various references) (ราคา)ต่ำ. (various references) cú đánh quỵ cuộc ẩu đả, cú đánh gục, đánh gục. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: knockdown. | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-k-k-n-n-o-o-w" | |
-4 letters: codon, condo, knock, known. | |
-5 letters: conk, conn, cook, coon, dock, down, know, konk, kook, nock, nook, noon, wonk, wood. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-k-k-n-n-o-o-w" | |
+1 letter: knockdowns. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 6E 6F 63 6B 2D 64 6F 77 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01101110 01101111 01100011 01101011 00101101 01100100 01101111 01110111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K n o c k - d o w n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 006E 006F 0063 006B 002D 0064 006F 0077 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)45808169771570818980 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, китайский, китаец, kinesisk |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , 한국, кореец, корейский, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, från ön man |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, 타이 말, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , 트남, вьетнамский, vietnames, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, английский, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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