knockout

CEFRB2

/ˈnɒk.aʊt/

noun · adjective

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Also pronounced

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Extra meanings

Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
The deactivation of anything.
The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.

In context

If you've ever had a sack race, you know it's a real knockout for kids and adults alike.
The boxer scored a knockout on his opponent.
They left a knockout in the panel for running extra wires someday.

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The word in print, with each source given in full.

Pull the plug on a node to see how the network handles a node knockout.
1989 February 6, Network World, page 82
“There’s a girl wants to see you. Her name’s Wonderly.” “A customer?” “I guess so. You’ll want to see her anyway: she’s a knockout.”
1930, Dashiell Hammet, The Maltese Falcon, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 3
In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages -with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive.
2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 – 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport
"You’re asking too many questions. Look. You’re a cute kid. I mean, you’re a hell of a chick. You’re a knockout. But don’t go thinking you’re too important at this stage."
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 183
Phrases such as "she bowled me over," "she's striking," and "she's a knockout" suggest that the woman affects the man in ways he cannot mediate or control.
1995, Rhonda K. Reinholtz, “Sexual Discourse and Sexual Intercourse”, in P. J. Kalbfleisch, M. J. Cody, editors, Gender, Power, and Communications in Human Relationships, Routledge, →ISBN, page 150

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Etymology tree English knock outdeverb. English knockout Deverbal from knock out.