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verb

  • To halt one's work or other activity.

    "I think I'll knock off for the evening and go to bed."

  • To kill.

    "The mobsters hired the guy to knock off their enemies."

  • To remove, as a discount or estimate.

    "They agreed to knock off 20% of the price."

  • To rob.

    "They decided to knock off a liquor store downtown."

  • To make a copy of, as of a design.

    "They send people to the shows in Milan for "ideas", which means knocking off the designs they guess would sell."

  • To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.
  • To have sex with.
  • To accomplish hastily.

    "I knocked off a couple of quick sketches before the design meeting."

noun

  • An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually lower in quality and price than the original.

    "It's not a name-brand bag; it's just a cheap knockoff."

  • A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.

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