knockdown

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The act or an instance of knocking down.
2. n. The condition of being knocked down.
3. n. An overwhelming blow or shock.
4. n. Something designed to be easily assembled or disassembled.
5. adj. Strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; powerful: a knockdown blow.
6. adj. Designed to be easily assembled or disassembled: knockdown furniture.
7. adj. Reduced: knockdown prices.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Such as to knock to the ground; hence, overwhelming; irresistible: as, a knock-down blow; a knock-down argument.
2. Constructed so as to be readily knocked down or taken apart for convenience in transportation; prepared and kept in separate parts, ready to be put together as a whole.

Wiktionary

1. n. An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
2. n. An overwhelming blow.
3. n. genetics A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that has been made less active or had its expression reduced.
4. n. genetics The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
5. n. nautical The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
6. n. soccer a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
7. adj. powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down
8. adj. reduced in price

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows.
2. n. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock of the auctioneer's hammer; to sell at an auction.
3. n. To take apart; to dissassemble.
4. n. To reduce or discount the price of.
5. n. To earn (an income).
6. n. Slang. That which knocks one down; something that overpowers or overwhelms, as strong liquor; specif., a kind of ale or beer that is very strong.
7. n. A knocking down; a felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal; a blow that overwhelms; also, a fist fight.
8. n. Something that knocks down, or takes apart, for packing or removal, as a piece of furniture; also, state of being knocked down, or taken apart.
9. adj. Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow.
10. adj. Designating a rivet end to be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.
11. adj. Of or pertaining to the act of knocking down at an auction; specif., designating the price below which an article will not be disposed by the auctioneer.
12. adj. Made or constructed so as to be capable of being knocked down or taken apart, as for transportation.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. knock down with force
2. v. cause to come or go down
3. v. shatter as if by explosion
4. adj. strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
5. adj. (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled
6. n. a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet