knockoff
pronunciation
How to pronounce knockoff in British English:
UK ['nɒkɔ:f]
How to pronounce knockoff in American English:
US [ˈnɑkˌɔf, -ˌɑf]
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- Noun:
- an unauthorized copy or imitation
Word Origin
- knockoff (n.)
- "cheap imitation," 1966, from the verbal phrase knock off "do hastily;" in reference to the casual way the things are made.
Example
- 1. We 're going to buy knockoff handbags without wincing , now .
- 2. This is a knockoff isn 't it ?
- 3. A 2009 harvard business school study found that many women who buy knockoff handbags soon move up to the real thing .
- 4. While knockoff phone producers are generally running afoul of the country 's laws , the government mostly looks the other way .
- 5. In the latest installment of butterfly effect , we examine china 's cheap knockoff cell phones .