Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To knock out, as in boxing.
- noun A knockout, as in boxing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation of
kathodic opening contraction . - An obsolete or dialectal contraction of quoth.
- noun A Chinese unit of customary enumeration, in connection with certain classes of things: as, yi ko jin, a man or ‘one man’ (usually rendered in pidgin-English ‘one piecey man’).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb acronym To knock out; to deliver a blow that renders (the opponent) unconscious; -- used especially in boxing.
- noun acronym a knockout; a blow that renders the opponent unconscious; -- used especially in boxing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun boxing A
knock out . - verb transitive (
boxing ) To knock somebody out, to render somebodyunconscious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
Etymologies
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Examples
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The thing about KO is that he makes me question how a right wing wingnut can watch Hannity or O'Reiley.
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For the record, KO is my favorite (national) sports reporter of all time.
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I think, like a lot of people, KO is in need of a break.
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But then again, I do listen to radio and KO is a really great sportscaster.
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At least, he called KO and Clyburn's race card bs today.
Hillary Hits Airwaves In Indiana: "With Gas This Expensive, Talk Is Cheap" 2009
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KO is intelligent, funny, and backs up all of his statements.
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But none of those voters would ever listen to a word KO or
Make Them Accountable caro 2010
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A letter to Hammond Spine signed by Magelaner -- by a proxy with the initials "KO" -- dated the day after Kennebrew's first visit, states "our firm" represents Kennebrew.
The Indiana Law Blog 2009
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(For purposes of brevity, these two gentleman shall be referred to as KO and BO respectively within this piece.)
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(For purposes of brevity, these two gentleman shall be referred to as KO and BO respectively within this piece.)
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