knockdown

[US]/'nɒkdaʊn/
[UK]/'nɑk,daʊn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. extremadamente bajo, feroz, desmontable
n. la reducción de precios, daño a un barco.
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

knockdown price

precio de liquidación

knockdown furniture

muebles de liquidación

knockdown sale

liquidación

Example Sentences

He gave me a real knockdown to the company.

Él me dio un revés real a la empresa.

Quantitative immunoprecipitation combined with knockdown (QUICK) discriminates between specific and nonspecific interactions with an isolated protein complex.

La inmunoprecipitación cuantitativa combinada con knockdown (QUICK) discrimina entre interacciones específicas y no específicas con un complejo proteico aislado.

Real-world Examples

Mariska, 55, explains: I just think life is already hard-there's going to be challenges and knockdowns every day.

Mariska, 55, explica: Simplemente creo que la vida ya es lo suficientemente difícil; habrá desafíos y contratiempos todos los días.

Source: People Magazine

Muhammad Ali has won, Muhammad Ali has won by a knockdown.

Muhammad Ali ha ganado, Muhammad Ali ha ganado por nocaut.

Source: Sway

The knockdown number is $135,000 per child.

La cantidad de knockdown es de $135,000 por niño.

Source: The Practice Season 5

We would get into such knockdowns about the pesto.

Tendríamos tales contratiempos sobre el pesto.

Source: 2 Broke Girls Season 5

It's not, it's not to have a knockdown drag out, you know kind of thing.

No, no se trata de tener una pelea a puñetazos, ya sabes, ese tipo de cosas.

Source: GQ — Representative Roles of Celebrities

And so they have a nice big two-day knockdown, drag out meeting of the New York Board of Education to decide which code they're going to use in the New York City schools.

Y así, tienen una reunión larga de dos días, una pelea a puñetazos, de la Junta de Educación de Nueva York para decidir qué código van a utilizar en las escuelas de la ciudad de Nueva York.

Source: 99% unknown stories

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