knockdown: Meaning and Definition of

knock•down

1. capable of knocking something down; overwhelming; irresistible: a knockdown blow.
2. constructed in separate parts that can readily be taken apart for easy storage, shipping, etc.: a knockdown toolshed.
3. offered or acquired for less than the prevailing rate: first-rate goods at knockdown prices.

1. a knockdown object.
2. an act or instance of knocking down, esp. by a blow.
3. something that fells or overwhelms.
4. reduction or lowering, as in price or number: The store offered a knockdown of 15 percent to its own employees.
5. an introduction, esp. to a person: He gave me a real knockdown to the company.
6. the capsizing of a small boat as a result of a strong gust of wind.