"knockout drop" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-knockout drop.ogg [Australia] Forms: knockout drops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} knockout drop (plural knockout drops)
  1. (slang, US, usually in the plural) A drop of a drug used to make a person fall asleep or become unconscious or stupefied for the purpose of robbery, etc., typically by mixing it into a drink. Tags: US, plural-normally, slang Translations (drug): tyrmäystippa (Finnish), knockoutdropp [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-knockout_drop-en-noun-84zQDzxY Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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