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Adjective knock-out has 1 sense
- hard, knockout, severe - very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
Antonym: weak (indirect, via strong)
Noun knock-out has 2 senses
- smasher, stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish - a very attractive or seductive looking woman
--1 is a kind of woman, adult female
- knockout, KO - a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
--2 is a kind of blow
--2 has particulars: technical knockout, TKO
Verb knock-out has 5 senses
- knock out - eliminate; "knock out a target"
--1 is one way to eliminate, get rid of, do away with
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- knock cold, knock out, kayo - knock unconscious or senseless; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds"
--2 is one way to beat, beat up, work over
Sample sentence:
They want to knock out the prisoners
- knock out - destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out"
--3 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- knock out - overwhelm with admiration; "All the guys were knocked out by her charm"
--4 is one way to overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- knock out - empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out; "knocked out a pipe"
--5 is one way to empty
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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