Knockdown

Quick meaning: Knockdown is a noun meaning An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.

Meaning

An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.

More Meanings

1. An overwhelming blow.
2. (nautical) The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
3. (soccer) a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
4. (film, television) A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room.
5. (genetics) A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced.
6. (genetics) The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
7. (slang, obsolete, uncountable) Very strong ale or beer.

Example Sentences

a knockdown blow

knockdown furniture

a knockdown argument

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.

Word Forms

• knockdowns
• knockdowning
• knockdowned

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include knock-out, knockout, knockback, knock-back, knock-down-drag-out, knock.

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