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knockbacks

knockbacks is the plural of knockback.

Meaning of knockback

Noun

knockback (plural knockbacks)

  1. A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.
    • He lifted his hand in a knockback spell, which would send me sailing right into the zombie.2006, Kelley Armstrong, Broken, unnumbered page
  2. Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.
    • […]the chemo had not worked and had gone back into his brain.[…]He had knockback after knockback. It would have taken its toll on anyone.2011, Lee Hobin, God, Why Are You Being So Cruel?, page 188
  3. (Australia, UK, informal) A rejection; a refusal.
    • He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops.

Questions about knockbacks

What is knockbacks the plural of?
Knockbacks is the plural of knockback.

Words near knockbacks in the dictionary

  1. knockabouts
  2. Knockagh
  3. Knockando
  4. knockaround
  5. knockback
  6. knockbacks
  7. knockbuster
  8. knockbusters
  9. Knockcloghrim
  10. Knockcroghery
  11. knockdown

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