KO
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5.3
- noun
- /keɪ oʊ/
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nocaut
- Tom Lawlor has been able to save his UFC career with his recent KO of Jason McDonald.
- KO punch
- KO in the round
- first KO
I, I've, I've, I've said second round KO, second round we're looking at.
- I, I've, I've, I've said second round KO, second round we're looking at.
- So I took the, his name wrote in the Death Note round two KO close that up.
- I guess people were saying like Jake was like scripted to win or something, allegedly because he didn't like KO, Mike Tyson.
Examples
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If you haven't seen Banks' KO of Travis Walker, do so before you bet on this fight.
Blog text (5) -
Every fight has one or maybe two opportunities to land the KO punch, and Romney clearly missed it tonight.
Blog text (33) -
Eight points or KO, body shots are one point, and head shots are two points.
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Matches are to eight points or KO.
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I do not blame any fighter for trying to change his training methods after a KO loss.
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Holds all the records, including the fastest KO.
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Round 3: Great cornering for Siler, as they tell him he needs the KO to win this fight.
Blog text (21) -
Now the secret is out, I reckon we will see more of Spencer's awesome KO power in future fights.
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Tonight we may have seen ring history in the making, in the form of the young welterweight Rodriguez and his impressive KO over the experienced campaigner Gordon.
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The boxer celebrated his victory after delivering a powerful KO in the final round.
Synonyms
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3.9
A punch that makes someone unconscious and unable to continue
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3.6
A hit that makes the other fighter unable to continue, often ending the match
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9.9
A single punch that knocks an opponent unconscious
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5.8
A hard punch that knocks an opponent out so they cannot continue
Antonyms
Compounds
How Decisive
Surface Forms
Morphology
KO = knockout (semi-transparent) = K + O
KO is a conventional initialism that directly represents 'knockout' in sports contexts. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]
Etymology
KO comes from the phrase knock out, where knock means 'to hit' and out means 'no longer in the fight'. So a KO is a hit that makes an opponent unconscious and ends the match.