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Knockdown adj.

Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument..

Designating a rivet end to be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.

Of or pertaining to the act of knocking down at an auction; specif., designating the price below which an article will not be disposed by the auctioneer.

Made or constructed so as to be capable of being knocked down or taken apart, as for transportation.

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Etymology of 'Knockdown'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Knockdown" Quotes from Famous Books

... elevation will not suffer condensation into sentences. What I can testify to is, that for making you bless the legs you stand on, a knockdown blow is a specific. I had it before I knew that a hand was up. I should have fancied that I had run athwart a tree, but for the recollection, as I was reeling to the ground, of a hulk of a fellow suddenly fronting me, and he did ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... afraid of, Tom—there may be trouble. Just before you tackled the barn for a knockdown, instead of a touchdown, as we might say, I saw a man running out of it. I thought if there was one there, perhaps there might be more. That's why ...

— Tom Swift and his War Tank - or, Doing his Bit for Uncle Sam • Victor Appleton

... folded to form a seat and placed in the back, upon which I can sit and look out through the round opening and gossip with the mules that will be attached to the wagon back of me. In the front half will be packed all of our camp furniture and things, the knockdown bed, mess-chest, two little stoves (one for cooking), the bedding which will be tightly rolled in canvas and strapped, and so on. Cagey will sit by the driver. There is not one spring in the wagon, but even without, I will be more comfortable than with Mrs. Hayden ...

— Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 • Frances M.A. Roe

... extended and his feet almost level, so that he might lead off with either side. For an instant they looked each other over, and then Berks, ducking his head and rushing in with a handover-hand style of hitting, bored Jim down into his corner. It was a backward slip rather than a knockdown, but a thin trickle of blood was seen at the corner of Jim's mouth. In an instant the seconds had seized their men and carried ...

— Rodney Stone • Arthur Conan Doyle

Words linked to "Knockdown" : furniture, knock down, blow, knockdown-dragout