[ noun ] a blow that renders the opponent unconscious <noun.act>
KO \KO\, KO \K.O.\, ko \k.o.\n. a knockout; a blow that renders the opponent unconscious; -- used especially in boxing. [acronym]
Syn: knockout. [WordNet 1.5]
KO \KO\, KO \K.O.\, ko \k.o.\n. a knockout; a blow that renders the opponent unconscious; -- used especially in boxing. [acronym]
Syn: knockout. [WordNet 1.5]
KO \KO\ v. t. [imp. & p. p. {KO'd}; p. pr. & vb. n. {KO'ing}.] To knock out; to deliver a blow that renders (the opponent) unconscious; -- used especially in boxing. [acronym]
Syn: knockout. [WordNet 1.5]
Potassoxyl \Pot`ass*ox"yl\, n. [Potassium + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) The radical {KO}, derived from, and supposed to exist in, potassium hydroxide and other compounds.
KO \KO\, KO \K.O.\, ko \k.o.\n. a knockout; a blow that renders the opponent unconscious; -- used especially in boxing. [acronym]
Syn: knockout. [WordNet 1.5]
His methods, which rely on logical stability over time, rule out the crowd psychology aspect - another thing that Shakespeare understood. Norwich is Hamlet without the quotes; but Goldman leaves out the Prince. Technical KO.
Loic Wacquant stepped into a boxing ring, suffered a broken nose, nursed broken ribs and was KO'd - injuries the sociologist chalks up to the pursuit of thesis material on life in the inner city.