"KO" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: KOs [plural], KO's [plural]
Etymology: Initialism of knock out. Initialism of kick-off. Etymology templates: {{initialism|en|knock out}} Initialism of knock out, {{initialism|en|kick-off}} Initialism of kick-off Head templates: {{en-noun|s|KO's}} KO (plural KOs or KO's)
  1. (boxing) Abbreviation of knock out. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: knock out Categories (topical): Boxing
    Sense id: en-KO-en-noun-OvHo-dJD Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
  2. (sports) Abbreviation of kick-off. - the time or manner of start of play Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: kick-off (extra: the time or manner of start of play) Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-KO-en-noun-hDEOPni2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 32 20 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 40 19 17 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

Forms: KOs [present, singular, third-person], KO's [present, singular, third-person], KOing [participle, present], KO'ing [participle, present], KOed [participle, past], KOed [past], KO'd [participle, past], KO'd [past]
Etymology: Initialism of knock out. Initialism of kick-off. Etymology templates: {{initialism|en|knock out}} Initialism of knock out, {{initialism|en|kick-off}} Initialism of kick-off Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=KO'd|pres_3sg2=KO's|pres_ptc2=KO'ing}} KO (third-person singular simple present KOs or KO's, present participle KOing or KO'ing, simple past and past participle KOed or KO'd)
  1. (transitive, boxing) To knock someone out, to render someone unconscious. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Boxing Translations (to knock somebody out): tyrmätä (Finnish), kiüt (Hungarian), KO-zik (Hungarian), nocautear [Brazil] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-KO-en-verb-ZACS3heg Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war Disambiguation of 'to knock somebody out': 95 5
  2. (intransitive, sports) To start play. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-KO-en-verb-HhnDye8V Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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