KNOCKOFFとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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名詞

knock off (複数形 knock offs)

1. Alternative form of knockoff

動詞

knock off (三人称単数 現在形 knocks off, 現在分詞 knocking off, 過去形および過去分詞形 knocked off)

1. (intransitive, slang) To halt one's work or other activity.

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

   Synonyms: call it a day, call it a night, down tools

2. (transitive, slang) To kill.

   The mobsters hired the guy to knock off their enemies.

   Synonyms: bump off, do away with, whack; see also Thesaurus:kill

   1. (sports, by extension) To defeat.

      The Hammers knocked off Arsenal on the strength of a 78th-minute tally from Jarrod Bowen.

3. (transitive) To remove, as a discount or estimate.

   They agreed to knock off 20% of the price.

   Synonyms: deduct, take off; see also Thesaurus:remove

4. (transitive, slang) To rob.

   They decided to knock off a liquor store downtown.

   Synonyms: mill, burgle; see also Thesaurus:steal

5. (transitive) 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.

   Synonyms: plagiarize, rip off

6. (transitive) To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.
7. (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
   • 1965, Brown, Claude, Manchild in the Promised Land:

     I took her down to Basin Street and to a movie, then took her to my room and knocked her off.

   Synonyms: coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

8. (transitive, informal) To accomplish hastily.

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

   Synonym: knock out

9. To remove by hitting (something, someone)

   He was knocked off his bike.

   • 1943 May and June, “Notes and News: Effective Locomotive "Ack-Ack" Fire”, in Railway Magazine, page 180:

     It now appears that the locomotive did not blow up, as was commonly stated at the time, but that the aeroplane flew so low as to come into contact with the dome of the engine, knocking it off. It was the combination of the impact and the uprush of steam that so disturbed the equilibrium of the raider as to cause it to crash.

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派生した語

• → Dutch: afnokken (calque)

語源

knock +‎ off

名詞

knockoff (複数形 knockoffs)

1. 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.

   • 2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products”, in China Uncensored‎^[1], America Uncovered LLC, spoken by Chris Chappell (himself), 00:04:33 from the start:

     But then there's knockoffs of famous brands like Pizza Huh, Sunbucks, McDnoald's. OFC!? Wow, that's wrong on so many levels. Well, at least this Apple store looks like it has something good to eat.

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

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• knock
• knock off