knockoff
- noun
- /ˈnɑkˌɔf/
- However, most of the products on the market were either cheap knockoffs or just downright hideous.
It's the Viking equivalent of the knockoff Louis Vuitton handbag.
- It's the Viking equivalent of the knockoff Louis Vuitton handbag.
- They are not soups, they are not knockoffs of the actual designer fragrances.
- Why do they say converse on the side Chrome Are they knockoffs?
- There were plenty of razor death adder knockoffs, plenty of steel series, sensei knockoffs, all kinds of stuff.
- It is, in my opinion, far superior to the Tangle Teaser and far superior to any drugstore knockoff brand that has tried to do what Wet Brush does.
Examples
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Trust me, this is a knockoff from the Zara skirt.
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Anyone who would buy a knockoff fake phone from a company like this is an idiot.
Blog text (28) -
This is a knockoff fake Apple Watch.
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Jimmy told me it was real, but I took it to a guy who said that it's a knockoff.
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Now one can wear one's Chinese Cardinals knockoff jersey and it will be difficult to detect.
Blog text (28) -
If you can sell a $15 Moche knockoff for $200, imagine what you can do with a really good one.
Academic text (2009) -
Stephanie says a lot of knockoffs are on the market.
Fiction book (2001) -
Now I find out that there are knockoffs, and it looks like these are knockoffs.
Blog text (18) -
Especially considering that all of the recreations have looked like cheap knockoffs of the original.
Blog text (2) -
He bought a knockoff of the designer handbag for a fraction of the original price.
Synonyms
A close copy of something real, often a famous object or work of art
Made to look like the real thing to trick people
An object made to look real to trick people
A product made to look like a well-known brand without permission
A low-cost fake of a brand-name item that looks like the real thing but is lower quality
A cheaper copy of a designer or brand-name item
Something made to look real but is not genuine
Made to look like something real but not the original
Antonyms
Compounds
A low-cost fake of a brand-name item that looks like the real thing but is lower quality
How Authentic
- Offensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word knockoff comes from the phrase knock off, where the part knock shows a quick action and off can mean 'away', so the phrase came to mean 'make quickly' or 'copy cheaply'. So a knockoff is a not-official, often cheap imitation or fake of a real product.