knockback

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knockback

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Deverbal from knock back.

noun knockbacks · knock-back

A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil. He lifted his hand in a knockback spell, which would send me sailing right into the zombie.
Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback. […]the chemo had not worked and had gone back into his brain.[…]He had knockback after knockback. It would have taken its toll on anyone.
Australia, UK, informal A rejection; a refusal. He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops.

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@misc{knockback_2026,
  title = {knockback},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knockback},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}