3 PHRASAL VERB To knock down a price or amount means to decrease it. [mainly AM ] □ [V P n] The market might abandon the stock, and knock down its price. □ [V n P ] It manages to knock rents down to $1 per square foot. in BRIT, usually use bring down
▸ knock off
1 PHRASAL VERB To knock off an amount from a price, time, or level means to reduce it by that amount. □ [V n P n] Udinese have knocked 10% off admission prices. □ [V P amount] When pressed they knock off 10 per cent.
2 PHRASAL VERB If you knock something off a list or document, you remove it. □ [V n P n] Tighter rules for benefit entitlement have knocked many people off the unemployment register. [Also V n P ]
3 PHRASAL VERB When you knock off , you finish work at the end of the day or before a break. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P ] If I get this report finished I'll knock off early.
▸ knock out
1 PHRASAL VERB To knock someone out means to cause them to become unconscious or to go to sleep. □ [V n P ] The three drinks knocked him out. □ [be V -ed P ] He had never been knocked out in a professional fight. [Also V P n]
2 PHRASAL VERB If a person or team is knocked out of a competition, they are defeated in a game, so that they take no more part in the competition. □ [be V -ed P ] The Frenchman has been knocked out in the quarter-finals of the tournament. □ [V n P + of ] They knocked them out of the League Cup. [Also V P n]
3 → see also knockout
4 PHRASAL VERB If something is knocked out by enemy action or bad weather, it is destroyed or stops functioning because of it. □ [V P n] Our bombers have knocked out the mobile launchers.
▸ knock over → see knock down 1
knock|about /nɒ kəbaʊt/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Knockabout comedy is lively and often involves people doing funny things, rather than saying them. [mainly BRIT ] □ He gave one of his best knockabout performances in a long time.
knock|back /nɒ kbæk/ (knockbacks ) also knock-back N‑COUNT A knockback is a problem or a rejection which delays your progress or which reverses some of the progress you have made. □ The schedule has suffered a knockback.
knock|down /nɒ kdaʊn/ also knock-down ADJ [ADJ n] A knockdown price is much lower than it would be normally. [INFORMAL ] □ …the chance to buy it now at a knockdown price.
knock|er /nɒ kə r / (knockers ) N‑COUNT A knocker is a piece of metal on the front door of a building, which you use to hit the door in order to attract the attention of the people inside.
kno ck-knee d ADJ Someone who is knock-kneed has legs which turn inwards at the knees.
knock|off /nɒ kɒf/ (knockoffs ) N‑COUNT [oft N n] A knockoff is a cheap copy of a well-known product. [INFORMAL ] □ Frilly dresses are out; Chanel knockoffs are in. □ You can buy a nice knockoff watch from them.
kno ck-on ADJ [ADJ n] If there is a knock-on effect, one action or event causes several other events to happen one after the other. [BRIT ] □ The cut in new car prices has had a knock-on effect on the price of used cars.
knock|out /nɒ kaʊt/ (knockouts ) also knock-out
1 N‑COUNT [oft by N ] In boxing, a knockout is a situation in which a boxer wins the fight by making his opponent fall to the ground and be unable to stand up before the referee has counted to ten.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] A knockout blow is an action or event that completely defeats an opponent. □ He delivered a knockout blow to all of his rivals.
3 ADJ [ADJ n] A knockout competition is one in which the players or teams that win continue playing until there is only one winner left. [mainly BRIT ] □ …the European Cup, a knockout competition between the top teams in Europe. in AM, use elimination 4 N‑SING If you describe someone or something as a knockout , you think that they are extremely attractive or impressive. [INFORMAL , APPROVAL ] □ [+ in ] She was a knockout in navy and scarlet.
knoll /noʊ l/ (knolls ) N‑COUNT A knoll is a low hill with gentle slopes and a rounded top. [LITERARY ] □ …a grassy knoll. □ …on Nibley Knoll.
knot /nɒ t/ (knots , knotting , knotted )
1 N‑COUNT If you tie a knot in a piece of string, rope, cloth, or other material, you pass one end or part of it through a loop and pull it tight. □ One lace had broken and been tied in a knot.
2 VERB If you knot a piece of string, rope, cloth, or other material, you pass one end or part of it through a loop and pull it tight. □ [V n with together ] He knotted the laces securely together. □ [V n] He knotted the bandanna around his neck. □ [V -ed] …a knotted rope.
3 N‑COUNT If you feel a knot in your stomach, you get an uncomfortable tight feeling in your stomach, usually because you are afraid or excited. □ [+ of ] There was a knot of tension in his stomach.
4 VERB If your stomach knots or if something knots it, it feels tight because you are afraid or excited. □ [V ] I felt my stomach knot with apprehension. □ [V n] The old dread knotted her stomach.
5 VERB If part of your face or your muscles knot , they become tense, usually because you are worried or angry. □ [V ] His forehead knotted in a frown. □ [V -ed] …his knotted muscles.
6 N‑COUNT A knot in a piece of wood is a small hard area where a branch grew.
7 N‑COUNT A knot is a unit of speed. The speed of ships, aircraft, and winds is measured in knots. □ They travel at speeds of up to 30 knots.