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knockdown

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From knock + down.

noun knockdowns

  1. countable, uncountable An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
  2. countable, uncountable An overwhelming blow.
  3. obsolete, slang, uncountable Very strong ale or beer.
  4. countable, uncountable A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced.
  5. countable, uncountable The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
  6. countable, uncountable The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
  7. countable, uncountable a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet. Pires, a three-time Cup winner with Arsenal who scored the Gunners' winner against Southampton in the 2003 final, has been a largely peripheral figure at Villa Park since joining in November - but the 37-year-old rolled back the years with a fine finish from Delfouneso's knockdown.
  8. countable, uncountable A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room. We shot 'The Caterpillar' at General Service Studios, and the dressing rooms for the actors were what they call knockdowns: wooden frames covered in grungy, dirty red canvas. It looked like a circus tent.
  9. countable, uncountable A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly.

    Similar: KD

verb knockdowns · knockdowning · knockdowned

  1. To employ the knockdown technique

adjective

  1. not comparable Powerful enough to overwhelm. a knockdown argument
  2. not comparable Reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer.
  3. not comparable Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal. knockdown furniture
  4. not comparable, of a rivet head To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.

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noun act or the condition of being knocked down

日本語ノックダウン nokkudaun, ダウン daun
Русскийнокда́ун nokdáun

adj price

Española precio de saldo

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"knockdown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/knockdown. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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knockdown. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/knockdown

Chicago

"knockdown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/knockdown.

BibTeX
@misc{knockdown_2026,
  title = {knockdown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knockdown},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}