knockdown

knockdown
/nok"down'/, adj.
1. capable of knocking something down; overwhelming; irresistible: a knockdown blow.
2. constructed in separate parts that can readily be taken apart for easy storage, shipping, etc.: a knockdown toolshed.
3. offered or acquired for less than the prevailing rate: first-rate goods at knockdown prices.
n.
4. a knockdown object.
5. an act or instance of knocking down, esp. by a blow.
6. something that fells or overwhelms.
7. reduction or lowering, as in price or number: The store offered a knockdown of 15 percent to its own employees.
8. Slang. an introduction, esp. to a person: He gave me a real knockdown to the company.
9. Naut. the capsizing of a small boat as a result of a strong gust of wind.
[1680-90; adj., n. use of v. phrase knock down]

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