Knockback
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Knockback is a noun meaning A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.
Meaning
A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.
More Meanings
- Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.
- (UK, Australia, informal) A rejection; a refusal.
Example Sentences
He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops.
He lifted his hand in a knockback spell, which would send me sailing right into the zombie.
Nicole Kidman got a knockback because Su-Man was too busy whipping a certain Oscar-winning French actress into shape.
[…]the chemo had not worked and had gone back into his brain.[…]He had knockback after knockback. It would have taken its toll on anyone.
Word Forms
- knockbacks
- knock-back
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include knock-back, kickback, knock, knockdown, rebound, recussion.
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