knockoff
or knock-off
an act or instance of knocking off.
an unlicensed copy of something, especially fashion clothing, intended to be sold at a lower price than the original.
Origin of knockoff
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How to use knockoff in a sentence
There was a sense of shared recognition that scaling something that is new for the market that is really special and new, not not just another knockoff … It’s difficult and there’s going to be a lot of failure and it’s gonna be a lot of frustration.
Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown on a Plant-Based Future, Climate Change and Returning to the Office | Eben Shapiro | July 11, 2021 | TimeA year of watching theater online had left me feeling as if I had been forever condemned to crave my favorite brand and had to settle for a knockoff.
The aging, yellow brick residential Portsmouth Hotel sits among knockoff watch dealers here, while a block away, a giant construction crane hoists materials skyward for new luxury apartments.
Are California Oil Companies Complying With the Law? Even Regulators Often Don’t Know. | by Janet Wilson, The Desert Sun | March 22, 2021 | ProPublicaChick-fil-AThe fast food chicken sandwich that launched a thousand knockoffs was an early favorite, “politics aside,” as Aaron said.
Where does the new McDonald’s chicken sandwich rank? Turns out, the Arches fall flat. | Emily Heil | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostThe market is saturated with knockoffs, and that particular style doesn’t feel special anymore.
The hottest decorating trends for 2021 aren’t trendy at all — and that’s the point | Elizabeth Mayhew | February 2, 2021 | Washington Post
But one former company insider says knockoff screws were mixed in with real ones.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’ | The Center for Investigative Reporting | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd it is nearly impossible to trace each knockoff to each patient or to confirm how many were affected.
Patients Screwed in Spine Surgery ‘Scam’ | The Center for Investigative Reporting | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe money they spent on researching, designing, and marketing their goods is lost to a cheaper knockoff.
In both word and deed, pro football serves as a culturally sanctioned knockoff of the military.
Richie Incognito and the NFL's Nasty Warrior Culture | Robert Silverman | February 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI blogged earlier about The knockoff Economy, and today the authors are talking about cookbooks.
British Dictionary definitions for knock off
(intr, also preposition) informal to finish work: we knocked off an hour early
(tr) informal to make or do hastily or easily: to knock off a novel in a week
(tr; also preposition) informal to reduce the price of (an article) by (a stated amount)
(tr) slang to kill
(tr) slang to rob or steal: to knock off a bank; to knock off a watch
(tr) slang to stop doing something, used as a command: knock it off!
(tr) slang to have sexual intercourse with; to seduce
informal
an illegal imitation of a well-known product
(as modifier): knockoff watches
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with 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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