knockdown
Noun
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Noun
knockdown (plural knockdowns)
- An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
- An overwhelming blow.
- (slang, dated) Very strong ale or beer.
- (genetics) A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that has been made less active or had its expression reduced.
- (genetics) The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
- (nautical) The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
- (soccer) a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
- (film, television) A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room.
- 1999, Scott Skelton, Jim Benson, Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-hours Tour (page 294)
- We shot 'The Caterpillar' at General Service Studios, and the dressing rooms for the actors were what they call knockdowns: wooden frames covered in grungy, dirty red canvas. It looked like a circus tent.
- 1999, Scott Skelton, Jim Benson, Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-hours Tour (page 294)
- Russian: нокда́ун
knockdown (knockdowns, present participle knockdowning; past and past participle knockdowned)
- (genetics) To employ the knockdown technique
knockdown (not comparable)
- powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down
- a knockdown argument
- a knockdown blow
- reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer
- Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal.
- knockdown furniture
- (of a rivet head) To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.
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