knockout betydelse and definition

Betydelse av knockout på svenska

• 0 in boxing, the act of hitting the other fighter so that they fall to the ground and are unable to get up again within ten seconds:

  • a knockout punch/blow

• 1 a competition in which only the winners of each stage play in the next stage, until one competitor or team is the final winner:

  • The tournament is a straight knockout.

  • a knockout competition/championship

• 2 a person or thing that looks, sounds, etc. extremely attractive:

  • Your sister's a real knockout!

• 3 extremely attractive:

  • She looked knockout in that dress.

• 4 (in boxing) a situation in which a fighter falls after being hit and cannot get up in ten seconds:

  • He won by a knockout in the tenth round.

• 5 a very attractive person or thing:

  • She was a real knockout in her new dress.

• 6 an offer to buy something that is higher than competitors' offers:

  • His bid was seen as a knock-out and shares of competing companies fell.

  • a knockout bid/offer/price