knockoff

or knock-off

[ nok-awf, -of ]
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noun
  1. an act or instance of knocking off.

  2. an unlicensed copy of something, especially fashion clothing, intended to be sold at a lower price than the original.

Origin of knockoff

1
First recorded in 1870–75, for an earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase knock off

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How to use knockoff in a sentence

  • I was pleased to climb aboard the Bonadventure with both, after passing through the knock-off rush from the docks.

    The Bonadventure | Edmund Blunden
  • He was on wages and had no right to knock-off for social receptions unless his commander gave him permission.

    The Viking Blood | Frederick William Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for knock off

knock off

verb(mainly adverb)
  1. (intr, also preposition) informal to finish work: we knocked off an hour early

  2. (tr) informal to make or do hastily or easily: to knock off a novel in a week

  1. (tr; also preposition) informal to reduce the price of (an article) by (a stated amount)

  2. (tr) slang to kill

  3. (tr) slang to rob or steal: to knock off a bank; to knock off a watch

  4. (tr) slang to stop doing something, used as a command: knock it off!

  5. (tr) slang to have sexual intercourse with; to seduce

nounknockoff
  1. informal

    • an illegal imitation of a well-known product

    • (as modifier): knockoff watches

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Other Idioms and Phrases with knockoff

knockoff

Take a break or rest from, stop, especially quit working. For example, He knocked off work at noon, or Let's knock off at five o'clock. [Colloquial; mid-1600s] Also see knock it off.

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