Knockabout vs Knockout - What's the difference?
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Boisterous
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Suitable for rough use.
(sailing) A small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the Massachusetts area
(entertainment) A slapstick comedy or comedian.
(circus) A tumbler.
Clothing suitable for rough use.
Workers habitually engaged in casual employment.
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People living in rough, violent conditions.
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The act of making someone unconscious, or at least unable to come back on their feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.
The deactivation of anything.
* 1989 , Network World (6 February 1989, page 82)
(informal) Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
(informal) A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
* 1995 , Rhonda K. Reinholtz et al.'', "
A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal.
(genetics) The deactivation of a particular gene.
(genetics) A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
(printing) An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
(sports) A tournament, in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next round.
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Rendering someone unconscious.
Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful.
(genetics) Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.
* 1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 255:
Causing elimination from a competition
* 2012 , Ben Smith, Leeds United 2-1 Everton [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19632366]
As adjectives the difference between knockabout and knockout
is that knockabout is boisterous while knockout is rendering someone unconscious.As nouns the difference between knockabout and knockout
is that knockabout is (sailing) a small sailboat lacking a bowsprit, of a type found primarily in the massachusetts area while knockout is the act of making someone unconscious, or at least unable to come back on their feet within a certain period of time; a tko.knockabout
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Adjective
(-)citation
- I have a knockabout cello for non-concert gigs.
Noun
(en noun)- We sailed our knockabout around Cape Cod.
knockout
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Alternative forms
* knock-outNoun
(en noun)- The boxer scored a knockout on his opponent.
- Pull the plug on a node to see how the network handles a node knockout .
- If you've ever had a sack race, you know it's a real knockout for kids and adults alike.
Sexual Discourse and Sexual Intercourse," in P. J. Kalbfleisch and M. J. Cody, eds., ''Gender, Power, and Communications in Human Relationships , p. 150,
- Phrases such as "she bowled me over," "she's striking," and "she's a knockout " suggest that the woman affects the man in ways he cannot mediate or control.
- They left a knockout in the panel for running extra wires someday.
- the knockout stages of the competition
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Descendants
* Portuguese: * Spanish:Adjective
(-)- He delivered a knockout blow.
- You should have seen her knockout eyes.
- The result is a so-called knockout mouse, reared with a single gene silenced, the better to reveal that gene's true purpose.
- Rodolph Austin delivered the knockout blow from close range 20 minutes from time, after Aidan White had given Leeds a dream start after four minutes.
