knockoff
nounEtymology Deverbal from knock off.
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Often An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually of lower quality and price than the original.
- It's not a name-brand bag; it's just a cheap knockoff.
- He tried to sell us some knockoff watches.
1 more example
- But then there's knockoffs of famous brands like Pizza Huh, Sunbucks, McDnoald's. OFC!? Wow, that's wrong on so many levels. Well, at least this Apple store looks like it has something good to eat.2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products” (00:04:33 from the start), in China Uncensored, spoken by Chris Chappell (himself), America Uncovered LLC:
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Business, Knitting, Manufacturing, Textiles A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
- Derived terms
- knockbuster