knockout

knockout
[ˈnɒkaʊt]
sustantivo
1K.O. (m) fuera de combate (m) (in boxing)golpe (m) de gracia (sentido figurado) (to chances)
2(familiar)
  • he's/she's a knockout (sentido figurado) (to chances) -> está imponente (attractive)
adjetivo
también:
  • knockout blow -> golpe (m) que pone fuera de combate (in boxing)
  • to deliver the knockout blow (sentido figurado) -> asestar el golpe de gracia (to chances)
3(in sport)
  • a knockout competition -> una competición or competencia por eliminatorias (Am)

knockout [nok-aut]
sustantivo
1Golpe decisivo en una pelea.
2Persona o cosa sumamente atractiva. (Familiar) (m)

knockout [ˈnɒkaʊt]
noun
1 (Boxing) knock-out; (m) K.O.; (m) nocaut; (m)
2 (competition) concurso eliminatorio; (m) eliminatoria; (f)
3 (informal) (stunner) maravilla; (f)
she's a knockout es una chica alucinante; (informal) he's a knockout! ¡está buenísimo!; (informal)
it was a real knockout
modifier
knockout agreement (n) acuerdo secreto para no hacerse competencia; (m)
knockout blow (n) golpe aplastante; (m)
The election seems to have dealt a knockout blow to any prospect of a political renaissance for the family of the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos GEC yesterday delivered a knockout blow in the battle for control of the Cumbrian submarine builder, with an 835 million pound cash bid that far exceeds a rival offer from British Aerospace
knockout competition (n) concurso eliminatorio; (m) eliminatoria; (f)
knockout drops (informal) (n) somnífero; (m) calmante; (m)
knockout punch (n)
knockout blow See culture box in entry knockout.

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