Knockoff

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knock-off \Knock"-off`\, n.
     1. Act or place of knocking off; that which knocks off;
        specif. (Mach.), a cam or the like for disconnecting
        something, as a device in a knitting machine to remove
        loops from the needles.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


  
     2. A {knockoff}.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knock-off \Knock"-off`\, a.
     That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  knockoff \knock"off\, n.
     A cheap imitation of something popular, produced illegally
     without a license from the trademark owner, and of inferior
     materials. [Also spelled {knock-off}.]
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  knockoff
       n : an unauthorized copy or imitation [syn: {clone}]