knockdown
verbEtymology From knock + down.
knockdown
nounEtymology From knock + down.
9 senses
- 1An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
- 2An overwhelming blow.
- 3Very strong ale or beer.
- 4A genetically modified organism that carries one or more…
- 5The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with…
- 6The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to…
- 7a short pass played downwards, for example from the head…
- 8A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room.
- 9A collection of parts required to assemble a product…
1
An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
2
An overwhelming blow.
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Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Soccer, Sports 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.2011 January 29, Chris Bevan, “Aston Villa 3 - 1 Blackburn”, in BBC:
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Broadcasting, Film, Media, Television 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.1999, Scott Skelton, Jim Benson, Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-hours Tour, page 294:
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A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly.