KNOCKOFF

knockoff, clone

(noun) an unauthorized copy or imitation

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

knockoff (plural knockoffs)

An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually lower in quality and price than the original.

A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.

Source: Wiktionary


Knock"-off`, a.

Definition: That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off.

Knock"-off`, n.

Definition: Act or place of knocking off; that which knocks off; specif. (Mach.),

Definition: a cam or the like for disconnecting something, as a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm


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