knockoff
1 of 2noun
knock·off ˈnäk-ˌȯf 
: a copy that sells for less than the original
broadly : a copy or imitation of someone or something popular
knock off
2 of 2verb
knocked off; knocking off; knocks off
intransitive verb
: to stop doing something
transitive verb
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
a
: kill
knocked off two men … on mercenary grounds
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Lewis Baker b
: overcome, defeat
knocked off each center of rebellion
5
: rob
knocked off a couple of banks
6
: to make a knockoff of : copy, imitate
knocks off popular dress designs
Synonyms
Verb
- break
- break off
- break up
- can [slang]
- cease
- cut off
- cut out
- desist (from)
- discontinue
- drop
- end
- give over
- halt
- lay off
- leave off
- pack (up or in)
- quit
- shut off
- stop
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
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
Recent Examples on the Web Joe Queenan, WSJ, 30 July 2022 Hamas also uses older Soviet Malyutka, 9M111 Fagot and 9M113 Konkurs missiles and a North Korean knockoff of the Fagot called the Bulsae-2. Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 25 May 2021 That the Reels feature across Meta properties is just a TikTok knockoff. Andy Meek, BGR, 29 May 2022 That attempted rebirth took another giant leap forward Tuesday, with Facebook’s global launch of its TikTok knockoff, Reels. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2022 The Buck-Collins show is a clear knockoff of the Mannings’ show. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2022 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 Alex’s hotel, and a trophy-wife stereotype (Natalie Anderson) who feels like something out of a subpar Raymond Chandler knockoff, or an unintended spoof of one. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2022 In one video, the person who looks like Pattinson models a knockoff Batman costume bought off eBay. NBC News, 24 Apr. 2022 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2022 The popular convenience-store chain today will knock off 40 cents per gallon at more than 3,600 locations in the U.S., including dozens in Northeast Ohio. Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2022 The Liberty will face an uphill battle in trying to knock off the No. 2 seed Chicago Sky in this best-of-three 2022 WNBA playoffs first round series. oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2022 Trump came up just short in his bid to knock off Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the most powerful legislator in the state, by endorsing his no-name Republican opponent. Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2022 The group, which supports Democratic incumbents and candidates in gubernatorial races, spent seven-figures trying to knock off Dixon in the final weeks of the primary campaign. Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2022 Connecticut couldn’t manage to knock off one of the top teams in the league without its leading scorer, losing 91-83 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2022 Danny Tarkanian, son of legendary University of Nevada, Las Vegas basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, is trying to knock off the six-term incumbent in the sprawling, rural northern district that no Democrat has won in its 40 years. Dylan Wells, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022 The state’s climate credit will knock off $43.06 on April gas bills. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022 See More
Noun
This suggests that the kit may be an off-brand object, a factory second, perhaps even a cheap knockoff. Joe Queenan, WSJ, 30 July 2022 Hamas also uses older Soviet Malyutka, 9M111 Fagot and 9M113 Konkurs missiles and a North Korean knockoff of the Fagot called the Bulsae-2. Sebastien Roblin, Forbes, 25 May 2021 That the Reels feature across Meta properties is just a TikTok knockoff. Andy Meek, BGR, 29 May 2022 That attempted rebirth took another giant leap forward Tuesday, with Facebook’s global launch of its TikTok knockoff, Reels. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2022 The Buck-Collins show is a clear knockoff of the Mannings’ show. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 19 May 2022 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 Alex’s hotel, and a trophy-wife stereotype (Natalie Anderson) who feels like something out of a subpar Raymond Chandler knockoff, or an unintended spoof of one. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2022 In one video, the person who looks like Pattinson models a knockoff Batman costume bought off eBay. NBC News, 24 Apr. 2022 Verb
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 The popular convenience-store chain today will knock off 40 cents per gallon at more than 3,600 locations in the U.S., including dozens in Northeast Ohio. Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2022 The Liberty will face an uphill battle in trying to knock off the No. 2 seed Chicago Sky in this best-of-three 2022 WNBA playoffs first round series. oregonlive, 17 Aug. 2022 Trump came up just short in his bid to knock off Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, the most powerful legislator in the state, by endorsing his no-name Republican opponent. Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2022 The group, which supports Democratic incumbents and candidates in gubernatorial races, spent seven-figures trying to knock off Dixon in the final weeks of the primary campaign. Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2022 Connecticut couldn’t manage to knock off one of the top teams in the league without its leading scorer, losing 91-83 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2022 Danny Tarkanian, son of legendary University of Nevada, Las Vegas basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian, is trying to knock off the six-term incumbent in the sprawling, rural northern district that no Democrat has won in its 40 years. Dylan Wells, USA TODAY, 15 June 2022 The state’s climate credit will knock off $43.06 on April gas bills. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1966, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1649, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
knocking off
verb
1
as in stopping
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end knock it off! Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- stopping
- ending
- cutting off
- ceasing
- laying off
- shutting off
- breaking off
- halting
- cutting out
- leaving off
- giving over
- breaking up
- quitting
- putting the kibosh on
- packing (up or in)
- having done with
- desisting (from)
- delaying
- suspending
- dropping
- finishing
- breaking
- discontinuing
- concluding
- holding back
- suspending
- canning
- turning back
- clamping down
- calling
- closing (down)
- completing
- blocking
- holding
- pausing
- reining (in)
- kiboshing
- checking
- stemming
- impeding
- ruining
- staying
- deactivating
- obstructing
- suppressing
- hindering
- braking
- detaining
- stamping
- destroying
- aborting
- damming
- blockading
- killing
- arresting
- stunting
- dissolving
- abolishing
- scuttling
- squelching
- squashing
- demolishing
- snuffing
- annulling
- stanching
- staunching
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- keeping up
- continuing
- running on
- carrying on
- following through (with)
- proceeding
- progressing
- advancing
- driving
- stirring
- actuating
- propelling
- impelling
2
as in abandoning
to stop doing (something) permanently decided it was time to knock off telling fantastic fibs about her family background Synonyms & Similar Words
- abandoning
- discontinuing
- quitting
- giving up
- dropping
- laying off (of)
- hanging it up
- packing (up or in)
- shutting off
- breaking off
- ending
- having done (with)
- leaving off
- tapering off
- finishing
- breaking up
- throwing up
- wrapping up
- closing
- concluding
- winding up
- ceasing
- pausing
- halting
- expiring
- rounding (off or out)
- terminating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- keeping up
- continuing
- hanging on
- hanging in
- holding on
- keeping
- maintaining
- going
- carrying on
- running on
- persevering
- following through (with)
- reopening
- staying
- renewing
- preserving
- beginning
- resuming
- starting
- commencing
- persisting
- restarting
3
as in subtracting
to take away (an amount or number) from a total a proposal to knock 10 cents off the gasoline tax Synonyms & Similar Words
- subtracting
- taking off
- deducting
- reducing
- cutting down
- cutting back
- knocking down
- decreasing
- abating
- diminishing
- downsizing
- discounting
- dwindling
- lowering
- lessening
- pruning
- shortening
- clipping
- slashing
- cropping
- docking
- paring
- curtailing
- abridging
- trimming
- cutting
- whittling
- truncating
- retrenching
- abbreviating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- tacking (on)
- adding
- adjoining
- annexing
- appending
- supplementing
- complementing
- increasing
- enhancing
- intensifying
- expanding
- magnifying
- multiplying
- heightening
- raising
- escalating
- augmenting
- enlarging
- boosting
- beefing (up)
- amplifying
- compounding
- aggrandizing
4
as in robbing
to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully Bonnie and Clyde coped with the Great Depression by knocking off banks Synonyms & Similar Words
- robbing
- knocking over
- ripping off
- taking off
- stealing (from)
- burglarizing
- breaking in
- sticking up
- sacking
- burgling
- looting
- stripping
- plundering
- cheating
- rifling
- holding up
- ransacking
- plucking
- pillaging
- ravishing
- bleeding
- exploiting
- despoiling
- defrauding
- swindling
- stinging
- shortchanging
- sticking
- fleecing
- mulcting
- spoiling
- chiseling
- squeezing
- hustling
- skinning
- cozening
- mugging
- rooking
- rolling
- chiselling
5
as in assassinating
to put to death deliberately various assassins have tried to knock off the dictator over the years Synonyms & Similar Words
- assassinating
- murdering
- rubbing out
- taking out
- putting away
- bumping off
- doing in
- slaying
- executing
- killing
- getting
- blowing away
- cutting down
- dispatching
- doing away with
- neutralizing
- shooting down
- carrying off
- shooting
- whacking
- snuffing
- blotting out
- terminating
- liquidating
- icing
- offing
- destroying
- slaughtering
- wiping out
- croaking
- mowing (down)
- claiming
- zapping
- eliminating
- felling
- smiting
- butchering
- massacring
- eradicating
- annihilating
- exterminating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- raising
- restoring
- reviving
- animating
- resurrecting
- resuscitating
- metathesises
- metathesising
- metathesize
- metathesized
- metathesizes
- metathesizing
- metathetely
- metathetic
- metathetical
- metathetically
- metathetize
- metathoraces
- metathoracic
- metathorax
- metathoraxes
- metatorbernite
- metatracheal
- metatrophic
- metatungstate
- metatungstic acid
- metatype
- metatypic
- Metauro
- metaurus
- metavanadate