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{{also|knockoff|knock-off}}
==English==

===Etymology===
In the verb sense of stopping work, said to be from the practice aboard slave galleys to have a man beat time for the rowers by knocking on a block or drum; when he stopped, the rowers could rest.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|En-au-knock off.ogg|a=AU}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb|*}}

# {{lb|en|ambitransitive|slang}} To [[halt]] one's work or other activity.
#: {{syn|en|call it a day|call it a night|down tools}}
#: {{ux|en|I think I'll '''knock off''' for the evening and go to bed.}}
#* {{RQ:Capek Selver RUR|section=Act 2|text=Remember that this news was brought by the last steamer. That explains the stoppage of all communication, and the arrival of no more ships. We '''knocked off''' work a few days ago, and we're just waiting to see when things are to start afresh.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[kill]].
#: {{syn|en|bump off|do away with|whack|Thesaurus:kill}}
#: {{ux|en|The mobsters hired the guy to '''knock off''' their enemies.}}
## {{lb|en|sports|by extension}} To [[defeat]].
##: {{ux|en|The Hammers '''knocked off''' Arsenal on the strength of a 78th-minute tally from Jarrod Bowen.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[remove]], as a [[discount]] or [[estimate]].
#: {{syn|en|deduct|take off|Thesaurus:remove}}
#: {{ux|en|They agreed to '''knock off''' 20% of the price.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[rob]].
#: {{syn|en|mill|burgle|Thesaurus:steal}}
#: {{ux|en|They decided to '''knock off''' a liquor store downtown.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To make a copy of, as of a design.
#: {{syn|en|plagiarize|rip off}}
#: {{ux|en|They send people to the shows in Milan for "ideas", which means '''knocking off''' the designs they guess would sell.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2024-10-08|author=Lauren Gruber; Megan Uy|title=We Found Sooo Many Viral TikTok Items on Sale for October Prime Day|journal=w:[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/g36623568/viral-tiktok-items-amazon-sale/|passage=Whipping up a healthy breakfast has never been easier. Neither has '''knocking off''' your fave Starbucks snack either, thanks to this TikTok-approved egg bite maker.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To assign (an item) to a [[bidder]] at an [[auction]], indicated by knocking on the counter.
# {{lb|en|transitive|slang|vulgar|British}} To [[have sex]] with (a woman).
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1965|author=Claude Brown|title=Manchild in the Promised Land|passage=I took her down to Basin Street and to a movie, then took her to my room and '''knocked her off'''.}}
#: {{syn|en|coitize|go to bed with|sleep with|Thesaurus:copulate with}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To [[accomplish]] hastily.
#: {{syn|en|knock out}}
#: {{ux|en|I '''knocked off''' a couple of quick sketches before the design meeting.}}
# To [[remove]] (something or someone) by hitting.
#: {{ux|en|He was '''knocked off''' his bike.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1943|month=May and June|title=Notes and News: Effective Locomotive "Ack-Ack" Fire|journal=Railway Magazine|page=180|text=It now appears that the locomotive did not blow up, as was commonly stated at the time, but that the aeroplane flew so low as to come into contact with the dome of the engine, '''knocking''' it '''off'''. It was the combination of the impact and the uprush of steam that so disturbed the equilibrium of the raider as to cause it to crash.}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en
|knockoff<pos:n>
|knock off someone's socks
|knock someone off his perch
|knock someone's block off
}}

====Related terms====
{{col4|en
|[[bump off]] {{q|3}}
|knock down
|knock it off
|knock over
|knock one's socks off
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|cal=1|nl|afnokken}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to halt one's work or other activity}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|plegar}}
* French: {{t+|fr|dételer}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|abbahagy}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|sguir de}}
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{{trans-top-see|(slang) kill|kill}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kinyír}}
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{{trans-top|to remove, as a discount or estimate}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|enged}}
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{{trans-top|(slang) to rob|id=rob}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kirabol}}, {{t+|hu|megfúj}}
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{{trans-top-see|to make a copy of, as of a design|rip off}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lekoppint}}, {{t+|hu|lemásol}}
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{{trans-top|to assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter}}
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{{trans-see|to have sex with|have sex}}

{{trans-top-see|to accomplish hastily|knock out}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|összecsap}}, {{t+|hu|összedob}}, {{t+|hu|lezavar}}
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{{trans-top|to remove by hitting, to hit (something) off}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|faligi}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lever}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|derrubar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сбива́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|сбить|pf}}, {{t+|ru|ста́лкивать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|столкну́ть|pf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|zraziť}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|збива́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|зби́ти|pf}}
* ǃXóõ: {{t|nmn|qái}}
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===Noun===
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# {{nonstandard spelling of|en|knockoff}}

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