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Knockout   /nˈɑkˌaʊt/   Listen
Knockout

noun
1.
A very attractive or seductive looking woman.  Synonyms: beauty, dish, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart.
2.
A blow that renders the opponent unconscious.  Synonyms: kayo, KO.



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"Knockout" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Only one person," he admitted. "I spoke to Miss Barbara last night as she was going to bed." Grimes laid a hot hand on Kent's and glanced fearfully around the room. "Bend nearer, sir; I don't want none other to hear me. Just before I got that knockout blow in the library last night, I heard the swish o' skirts—and Miss Barbara was the only living person who knew I ...
— The Red Seal • Natalie Sumner Lincoln

... a clinch, meeting his antagonist's rushes with straight lefts, and following with futile swings of his right. The tough was too skilled to be caught with a solid blow. Once Roger landed full on the jaw with what he expected to be a knockout and the blow glanced harmlessly, as the man rolled his head back with the trained pugilist's skill. Roger realized that it would be no short fight, and he thought of the man he had knocked into the canal. The fight had raged down the spoil bank, and he glanced ...
— The Plunderer • Henry Oyen

... Auntie, this was a knockout, one of the kind you read about. Honest, even when I was fittin' corsets for the carriage trade, I never got so close to such a spiffy bunch. But we had the goods to hand 'em—caviar sandwiches, rum for the tea, fizz in the punch. ...
— Wilt Thou Torchy • Sewell Ford



Words linked to "Knockout" :   TKO, blow, strong, adult female, woman, knock out, knockout punch



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