English Explanatory Dictionary

knockback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.
  2. Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.
  3. A rejection; a refusal.

Word forms

knockback knockbacks knock-back

Etymology

Deverbal from knock back.

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