Kickoff vs Knockout - What's the difference?
kickoff | knockout |
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 nouns the difference between kickoff and knockout
is that kickoff is 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.As an adjective knockout is
rendering someone unconscious.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.
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- 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.