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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" [syn: hard, knockout, severe] n
1: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish]
2: a blow that renders the opponent unconscious [syn: knockout, KO, kayo]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1887 1. a. the act of knocking out ; the condition of being knocked out b. (1) 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 (2) technical knockout c. a blow that knocks out an opponent 2. a sensationally striking, appealing, or attractive person or thing II. adjective Date: 1818 1. causing a knockout <a knockout blow> 2. sensationally striking, appealing, or attractive <a knockout dress> 3. having all or part of a gene eliminated or inactivated by genetic engineering <knockout mice predisposed to diabetes mellitus>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also knock-out(knockouts) 1. In boxing, a knockout is a situation in which a boxer wins the fight by making his opponent fall to the ground and be unable to stand up before the referee has counted to ten. N-COUNT: also by N 2. A knockout blow is an action or event that completely defeats an opponent. He delivered a knockout blow to all of his rivals. ADJ: ADJ n 3. A knockout competition is one in which the players or teams that win continue playing until there is only one winner left. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use elimination) ...the European Cup, a knockout competition between the top teams in Europe. ADJ: ADJ n 4. If you describe someone or something as a knockout, you think that they are extremely attractive or impressive. (INFORMAL) She was a knockout in navy and scarlet... N-SING: a N [approval]

Moby Thesaurus

Cadmean victory, KO, Miss America, Pyrrhic victory, ace, ascendancy, bathing beauty, beau ideal, beaut, beauty, beauty contest winner, beauty queen, belle, blackout, bunny, catalepsy, catatonia, catatony, championship, charmer, clincher, coma, conquest, corker, coup de grace, cover girl, crackerjack, crusher, daisy, dandy, darb, dazzler, death stroke, deathblow, dilly, dream, easy victory, enchantress, end-all, ender, eyeful, faint, final stroke, finisher, finishing stroke, grand slam, grayout, great beauty, hit, honey, humdinger, kayo, kayo punch, killer-diller, knockout blow, lady fair, landslide, landslide victory, last dab, lipothymia, lipothymy, lollapaloosa, looker, lovely, lulu, mastery, model, moral victory, nirvana, nirvana principle, nothingness, oblivion, obliviousness, paragon, peach, picnic, pinup, pinup girl, pip, pippin, pushover, pussycat, quietus, raving beauty, reigning beauty, runaway victory, semiconsciousness, sensation, senselessness, settler, sex kitten, sleep, slick chick, smash, smash hit, sockdolager, stopper, stunner, stupor, subdual, subduing, success, sweetheart, swoon, syncope, the nuts, total victory, triumph, unconsciousness, victory, walkaway, walkover, whiz, win, winner, winning, winning streak