Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - knockout
Knockout
knockout
n. 1 the act of making unconscious by a blow. 2 Boxing etc. a blow that knocks an opponent out. 3 a competition in which the loser in each round is eliminated (also attrib.: a knockout round). 4 colloq. an outstanding or irresistible person or thing. Phrases and idioms knockout drops a drug added to a drink to cause unconsciousness.
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I. noun Date: 1887 1. the act of knocking out ; the condition of being knocked out, b. the termination of a boxing match when one boxer has been knocked down and is unable to rise and resume boxing within a specified time, technical ~, a blow that knocks out an opponent, a sensationally striking, appealing, or attractive person or thing, II. adjective Date: 1818 causing a ~ , sensationally striking, appealing, or attractive , having all or part of a gene eliminated or inactivated by genetic engineering ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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