Knocked Knock Team Remove Position Striking Hammer Peg

1 to remove from position by striking: He took a hammer and knocked out the peg. He knocked it out. 2 to empty by a blow. He knocked his pipe out on the ashtray. 3 to make unconscious by a blow, or (in boxing) unable to recover within the required time: The boxer knocked his apponent out in the third round. A bottle of these pills would knock out the chole family. 4 to defeat and cause to retire from a competition: That team knocked us out of the contest in the semifinals. They knocked out our other team as well.