How to Use knockoff in a Sentence

knockoff

1 of 2 noun

• That purse is a knockoff.
• The Buck-Collins show is a clear knockoff of the Mannings’ show.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2022
• Rogue One, though, is a spin-off that doesn’t feel like a knockoff.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022
• Doesn’t that sound like a too-fake-for-real-life knockoff James Bond plot?
  — Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 10 July 2024
• Learning how to smell a knockoff is part of the training and legit check process.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2018
• What’s missing this time around is the furtive hush that once came with owning a knockoff.
  — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
• Just ignore the vendors peddling cheap knockoffs on the main road, a sign of nascent tourism.
  — Zandie Brockett, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2018
• The brazen knockoffs, in addition to the coat’s ubiquity, are a turnoff to some.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
• Gold met up with the seller, who tried to provide him with a knockoff pair of glasses.
  — Sydney Czyzon, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 June 2018
• But No Starch still needs to keep its books ahead of the imitators and knockoffs.
  — David Streitfeld, New York Times, 23 June 2019
• The style has sold out tens of times on Le Specs’s site and spawned a cottage industry of knockoffs.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 5 June 2018
• Arafat’s friend Jafar leans back and laughs behind a pair of knockoff gold Ray-Bans.
  — Jason Motlagh, Outside Online, 19 July 2016
• All Richie ever did that was bad is look like a knockoff Jeff Goldblum.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2023
• No one knows what is in the knockoff products or who makes them, health officials say.
  — Denise Grady, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2019
• But knockoffs abound, and some USB-C chargers are much safer than others.
  — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• The reason their feud worked so well during the 2000s was that there was some truth to Jericho being a bit of an HBK knockoff.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
• These are really good, top-of-the-line guitars, not knockoffs.
  — James B. Nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2018
• The owners broke the bad news: The painting had long been regarded as a knockoff by the family.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023
• The patent has also since expired, giving birth to a bevy of cheaper but still clicky knockoffs.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 8 Mar. 2018
• But all subtlety is lost when this J.D. Vance knockoff takes off his mask.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2022
• The Texican is not a year-round State Fair knockoff restaurant.
  — Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2022
• Good Chipotle knockoffs—or, these days, even good Chipotle—not so much.
  — Adam Lukach, RedEye Chicago, 5 Sep. 2017
• There are no Eric Church knockoffs and no artists that are remotely like him.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 31 May 2019
• But these Thunderbolts aren’t a low-voltage knockoff of the greats who came before.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2021
• The deal proved to be ill-timed when profit margins for knockoff drugs in the U.S. began rapidly shrinking.
  — Fortune, 14 Dec. 2017
• Fityan and Tahrir are up front, and Hawre's next to me in back, hungover with a pair of knockoff Gucci sunglasses pulled over his eyes.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
• While bartenders in white vests do stir up Manhattans in the brass lobby bar, this isn't some kitschy knockoff of a Mad Men set.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2022
• Local news showed photos of the fake gun — an exact knockoff of a sidearm made in the Czech Republic — and a mug shot of a stoic Hayes.
  — Leah Sottile, Longreads, 6 Feb. 2018
• It’s been such a hit it’s inspired numerous knockoffs, and now has a harder sequel game called Skyrockets.
  — Keith Law, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
• But which are just glorified Siri knockoffs, and which actually deliver the A.I. goods?
  — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2024

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knock off

2 of 2 verb

• The idea here is to knock off any bits of paint that stick out.
  — Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022
• The Grizzlies are good enough to knock off the Nuggets.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
• Salt scrubs the blades while ice helps knock off any gunk and grime.
  — Andrea Crowley, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2022
• Rock salt scrubs the blades while ice helps knock off any gunk and grime.
  — Andrea Crowley, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2022
• Need a karate kick goal in the playoffs to help knock off LAFC?
  — Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 July 2021
• The top of a black smoker is like a fire hydrant with the top knocked off.
  — Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 7 June 2023
• Auburn bounced back from a 24-point loss to Georgia to knock off No.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2021
• Hewitt-Trussville claimed the lead in the sixth inning to knock off the Panthers.
  — Al.com Reports, al, 26 Feb. 2022
• So, thank goodness Dyson’s sale has knocked off up to 33% of some of these prices.
  — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 15 Aug. 2023
• But the Empire have to be near perfect to knock off a FaZe team that’s in form.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2021
• Rodgers will have to knock off the rust of not practicing for two weeks.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2021
• The Bears were blanked at halftime and had to battle back in the fourth quarter to knock off Pike, 32-28.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Sep. 2022
• If so, knock off more dirt and look for circling/girdling roots.
  — oregonlive, 20 June 2021
• During one night ride, Robert got knocked off his horse.
  — Kc Cole, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
• The state’s climate credit will knock off $43.06 on April gas bills.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022
• The Cougars were again good from the arc and played super defensively to knock off a top-5 team on the road.
  — John Marshall, oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2023
• Herbert could only throw the best chance to knock off their AFC West rival through the back of the end zone.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
• The Wolverines’ new challenge is to knock off the archrival Buckeyes on the road for the first time since 2000.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022
• If your hair feels brittle, knock off dead ends and dryness with a cut.
  — Emily Strohm, PEOPLE.com, 12 Nov. 2021
• Their son, the owner of the necklace, was boogie boarding and it got knocked off of him by a wave.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
• This time around, teams from Solon and Canfield will do their best to knock off the Falcons.
  — cleveland, 18 May 2022
• Countless brands try to knock off their designs—with the Align legging being one of the most duped.
  — Dana Leigh Smith, Glamour, 13 Nov. 2023
• The Panthers used a big third quarter to knock off Hartselle on the road on Tuesday.
  — Al.com Reports, al, 16 Dec. 2021
• It was only knocked off the top spot in our guide by its successor, the Pro 5.
  — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 12 July 2023
• That loss provided Curtis with the blueprint to knock off the Gators this time around.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2022
• The Buckeyes leaned on their defense to knock off the Ramblers, 54-41, on Friday.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 20 Mar. 2022
• Corona del Sol needed five sets to knock off the Tigers two weeks ago.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2022
• Thompson, 81, didn't feel doing just three or four events a day was enough to knock off Evers, the source said.
  — Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2022
• The fastball knocked off McCann's helmet and clipped his face.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
• How to clean hiking boots The easiest way to give them a quick clean is to knock off the loose dirt by hitting the soles together.
  — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024