knockout: Meaning and Definition of

knock•out

1. an act or instance of knocking out.
2. the state or fact of being knocked out.
3. a knockout blow.
4. a person or thing overwhelmingly attractive, appealing, or successful.
5. a panel in a casing, can, or box, esp. of metal or plastic, so designed that it can readily be removed, as by punching, hammering, or cutting, to provide an opening into the interior: a knockout in a junction box.
6. a device for knocking something loose, as finished work from a lathe chuck.

1. that knocks out: the knockout punch.