Knockout (disambiguation)
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A knockout, in several sports, is a strike that renders an opponent unable to continue fighting.
Knockout may also refer to:
Sports and games
- Knockout tournament, a Single-elimination tournament, where the loser of each match is immediately eliminated
- Knockout (game), a basketball-related activity
- Knockout (board game)
- "TNA Knockout", a term used by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling to refer to its female talent
- Knock-out Whist, a card game
Comics and anime
- Knockout (UK comics), either of two British comic books
- Knockout (DC Comics), a comic book character
- Knockout, a Femme Fatales comics character
- Knockout, the Philippine title for the Fighting Spirit (Japanese: Hajime no Ippo) manga
- Knock Out (Transformers), a fictional character
Literature
- Knockout (literary magazine)
- Knock-Out (novel), a Bulldog Drummond novel
- Knockout, a book by Suzanne Somers
Music
- Knockout Entertainment, an American record label
- Knock Out (Bonfire album)
- Knock Out!, a 1981 album by Toots & the Maytals
- "Knockout" (Triple 8 song), 2003
- "Twins (Knock Out)", a cover version by Super Junior
- "Knockout" (Lil Wayne song), 2010
Industry
- Knock-out pot or knock-out drum, a vapor-liquid separator
- Knockout punch, a metalworking tool
Film and television
- Knockout (1935 film), a German sports film
- Knockout, a 1941 American film starring Arthur Kennedy
- Knockout (game show), a 1977-78 NBC series hosted by Arte Johnson
- Knockout, a 2009-2012 television series on MediaCorp okto
- Knock Out (2010 film), from India
- Knockout (2011 film), also released under the title Born to Fight, from Canada
- Knockout, original planned title for the 2011 American film Haywire
Other
- Knockouts, an American salon chain
- A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal, particularly in electrical enclosures
- Gene knockout, a technique in molecular biology which results in modified organisms, such as:
- Knockout (web framework), a Javascript library
- In graphic design, light-colored text on a dark-colored background
- Knockout game, a criminally violent "game"
- In finance, a type of barrier option