knock off
Dictionary
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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