knock off : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: knock off	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for knock off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knock off v get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" Synonym(s): neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in cut the price of Synonym(s): shave, knock off take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" Synonym(s): hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank- you note to the hostess" Synonym(s): dash off, scratch off, knock off, toss off, fling off stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" Synonym(s): drop, knock off
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knock \Knock\, n. 1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar. 2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. [bd] A knock at the door.[b8] --Longfellow. A loud cry or some great knock. --Holland. {Knock off}, a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.