knock off
unlicensed copy of a retail product that is offered at a lower price than the original
knock off
v.
stop work or any activity; bump off, come into contact with something and cause it to fall; cut the price of something; (Slang) waste, kill a person
Knock Off
Counterfeit
knock off
Verb
1. get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
(synonym) neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, do in
(hypernym) kill
2. cut the price of
(synonym) shave
(hypernym) reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
(hyponym) mark down
3. take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
(synonym) hook, snitch, thieve, cop, glom
(hypernym) steal
4. write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husdband saying she would not be home for supper"
(synonym) dash off, toss off, fling off
(hypernym) write, compose, pen, indite
(classification) writing, authorship, composition, penning
5. stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"
(synonym) drop
(hypernym) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
(hyponym) nolle pros
knock off
remove, kill One by one, the wolves were knocked off - shot by hunters.
knock off
Synonyms and related words:
abscind, accomplish, achieve, ad-lib, amputate, annihilate, assassinate, attain, author, ban, bar, bat out, bob, botch, break, breathe, bump off, bungle, buy it, call a strike, call it quits, cash in, cease, check in, check out, clip, close down, close shop, coauthor, collaborate, compass, compose, consummate, cook up, cool, croak, crop, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, dash off, deal with, desist, discharge, discontinue, discount, dispatch, dispose of, do, do anyhow, do by halves, do carelessly, do in, do offhand, do the job, do the trick, dock, draw back, drop off, dust off, editorialize, effect, effectuate, eliminate, enact, enucleate, eradicate, except, excise, exclude, execute, extemporize, extinguish, extirpate, fake, fake up, fetch, finish, formulate, free-lance, fudge up, fulfill, ghost, ghostwrite, give over, go on strike, go west, halt, have it, improvisate, improvise, indite, isolate, jury-rig, kick in, kick off, kick the bucket, knock out, knock over, knock together, lash up, lay off, leave off, liquidate, loot, lop, make, make up, manage, mutilate, nip, novelize, pamphleteer, pare, pass out, patch, patch together, patch up, pause, peel, peg out, perform, pick out, pipe off, play by ear, plunder, polish off, pop off, pound out, prepare, produce, prune, put away, quit, ransack, realize, recess, relieve, rifle, rob, root out, rough out, roughcast, roughhew, rule out, scenarize, scrap the plan, secure, set apart, set aside, shave, shear, shove off, shut down, shut up shop, slap up, stamp out, step off, stick up, stop for breath, strike, strike off, strip, strip off, subtract, succeed, surcease, take, take a break, take a recess, take a rest, take away, take care of, take five, take off, take out, take ten, take time out, throw off, throw on paper, throw together, toss off, toss out, toss together, trifle with, truncate, turn the trick, vamp, walk out, whip up, whomp up, wing it, wipe out, work, work out, write
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.