knockout
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈnɑːkˌaʊt/
- Informal
:
bombón
- Everyone at the party admired her; she was an absolute knockout.
- a real knockout
- a blonde knockout
- a beautiful knockout
And he goes, Oh, yes, she was just a complete knockout.
- And he goes, Oh, yes, she was just a complete knockout.
- Beautiful, gorgeous, stunning, sexy, a knockout.
- I can't believe he just said something out loud that I know everyone in here has thought all these women that were like singing were knockout gorgeous.
- Good looking woman, you know, brown hair, you know, not, not not like bombshell, knockout, slammable, but good looking, you know?
Examples
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Ruby, looks like a knockout.
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The only child of one of the town selectmen, Whitney O'Neill was nothing short of a knockout.
Fiction book (2002) -
It's really a knockout, you know.
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And you were just such a knockout.
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I want to be nothing less than a knockout.
Fiction book (2002) -
I'm telling you, total knockout.
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You're just sort of a knockout in that dress.
Fiction book (1995) -
She was just a knockout.
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She's a knockout, ain't she?
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Even in jeans, Reeboks, and a simple blouse, she was a certified knockout.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
198
3.0
A very attractive woman that many people find pleasing to look at
64
9.9
A very attractive woman who gets a lot of attention
28
8.4
An attractive woman said in an old-fashioned or rude way
19
4.7
An attractive, glamorous woman who draws attention
17
6.5
A good-looking person, often a woman, who many people notice
14
8.2
A woman who uses her beauty to attract men into danger
14
6.5
A very attractive woman who looks glamorous and makes people notice her
12
8.9
An informal old word for a good-looking woman
5
6.7
A very attractive woman who people notice
3
7.7
A very attractive woman who gets admiring looks
3
8.1
A woman who attracts people in a way that can be dangerous
1
8.6
A very good-looking woman who attracts attention
1
9.2
A woman who is very attractive and draws strong admiration from men
1
5.1
A thing that looks very impressive and gets a lot of attention
A woman who is very attractive and seems sexually exciting
A person or thing that looks very attractive and impressive
Antonyms
Compounds
How Attractive
- Informal
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6.7
- Informal
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4.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Knockout used for a very attractive person comes from the boxing idea of a hit that 'knocks you out', so a 'knockout' is someone so stunning they amaze or 'stun' people.