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noun

Definition of kayonext
as in KO

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kayo

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verb

as in to KO

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Recent Examples of kayo
Noun
After a quick kayo in Game 1 of the ’53 World Series, in which he was removed by Dressen having given up four runs in the first inning, Erskine was at least well rested for his Game 3 start three days later. — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2024
Verb
Now the coronavirus, which has kayoed sports across America and forced many minor league teams to furlough workers, could wind up sealing the fate of the Bees, the pride and joy of Burlington, Iowa. — NBC News, 27 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kayo
  1. KO
  2. knock out
  3. knockdown
  4. knockout
  5. floor
  6. uppercut
  7. fell
Noun
  • In early 2025, Subway bid farewell to Coke (KO) in favor of its new beverage supplier, Pepsi (PEP).
    — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
  • It is being argued again that conservative voters would find the head of the MFA more palatable than the current KO candidate, Warsaw mayor Rafał Trzaskowski.
    — Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of KO
Verb
  • Dazed individuals are seen walking among debris in a hallway, with smoke in the air and power knocked out.
    — Abeer Salman, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
  • The blaze knocked out power to 67,000 customers, though most of it was restored by daybreak, the fire brigade said.
    — BRIAN MELLEY, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of knock out
Noun
  • Throughout baseball and particularly the National League, there were times in the 1960s and 1970s when all hitters knew that a knockdown pitch was coming.
    — gqlshare, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Instead, Thurman surged in after the knockdown and finished Jarvis with another smashing combination that ended with a left hook.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of knockdown
Noun
  • Thad Jean: Thad Jean moved to 9-0 with a knockout win over Mukhamed Berkhamov in the final fight of the 2025 PFL World Tournament 1 prelim card.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Hickey traveled to Tokyo for a one-round knockout of Jose Roman, then to Caracas to witness a second-round destruction of Ken Norton.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of knockout
Verb
  • Marketing coach Nicole Osborne hit rock bottom when perimenopause floored her.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Their language is astounding, and the structural decisions each author makes—eliding time and chronology for emotional weight, sometimes, and slowing it down for similar effects in other instances—really floors me.
    — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of floor
Noun
  • Only a small percentage of those players could survive Tyson's flurry of instant-knockdown uppercuts and emerge victorious with the undisputed World Video Boxing Association championship.
    — Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 9 Feb. 2025
  • In Salt Lake, that’s the equivalent of an uppercut to the chin.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2025
Definition of uppercut
Verb
  • One of the people who lost his job at NOAA in late February was working on models to better predict severe weather, like the storm that felled my tree.
    — Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The coalition will be under pressure to deliver results and avoid the infighting that has felled previous governments.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of fell

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“Kayo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kayo. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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