Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation technical knockout
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- initialism boxing
technical knockout - initialism medicine "to keep open", an indication for the insertion of an
intravenous catheter
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue
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Examples
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I'm ending voting early on the last round, we have two winners in TKO's:
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I'm ending voting early on the last round, we have two winners in TKO's:
Not Larry Sabato: 2008
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The fight was called a TKO win for Brown, but Faber still believes it was stopped too early and he was still defending himself at the time of the stoppage.
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Wether you think the ref should have called a TKO or not is irrelevant as the opinion of those who make the esb rankings hold no bearing whatsoever on the ref's final decision which led to a wide UD for Bute.
East Side Boxing 2009
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But the TKO was the description of the subversion of the materialist paradigm!
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It was aired live to Thailand and will be shown on a delayed basis on CCTN Ch 47's Saturday afternoon boxing program "TKO".
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The ultimate goal, he said, is to get Shawn a "TKO", by graduating from college.
Iowa State Daily 2008
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In the episode entitled "TKO", series creator J. Michael Straczynski put a Zima neon sign in the bar at the Zocalo, the central shopping area on the station.
Latest Articles 2008
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Gertner's MySpace page and discovered his song, "TKO," which could, quite possibly, feature the worst passion talking ever: "Come here.
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Gertner's MySpace page and discovered his song, "TKO," which could, quite possibly, feature the worst passion talking ever: "Come here.
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