: a copy that sells for less than the original
broadly
: a copy or imitation of someone or something popular
knocked off; knocking off; knocks off
: to stop doing something
1
: to do hurriedly or routinely
knocked off one painting after another
2
: discontinue, stop
knocked off work at five
3
: deduct
knocked off a little to make the price more attractive
4
5
: rob
knocked off a couple of banks
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Examples of knockoff in a Sentence
Noun
That purse is a knockoff.
Verb
decided it was time to knock off telling fantastic fibs about her family background
a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Trump was just starting to form a media and technology company, with dreams of creating a Twitter knockoff, though the former president apparently did not want to put up much of his own money.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
Indeed, in recent weeks the Browns have knocked off Baltimore and Pittsburgh — two teams the Broncos lost to earlier in the season and are looking up at in the postseason standings.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Each place was distinct in its own way, but all bore the candlelit, scratchy-wool, Shaker-goth aesthetic that marked a place as a Tarlow joint, or (both in New York and elsewhere) a Tarlow knockoff.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Trump was just starting to form a media and technology company, with dreams of creating a Twitter knockoff, though the former president apparently did not want to put up much of his own money.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Verb
The San Francisco 49ers handily knocked off the Chicago Bears 38-13 on Sunday for their first win in nearly a month.
—Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
Indeed, in recent weeks the Browns have knocked off Baltimore and Pittsburgh — two teams the Broncos lost to earlier in the season and are looking up at in the postseason standings.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Knockoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knockoff. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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