1 (abbreviation KO) (in boxing) a blow that makes an opponent fall to the ground and be unable to get up, so that he or she loses the fight:
The match ended in knockout in the fifth round.
2 (informal) a person or thing that is very attractive or impressive:
She's an absolute knockout.
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 (especially BrE) a knockout competition is one in which the winning player/team at each stage competes in the next stage and the losing one no longer takes part in the competition:
the knockout stages of the tournament
2 a knockout blow is one that hits sb so hard that they can no longer get up:
a knockout punch
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