Knockout
101knockout mouse — Transgenic mouse in which a particular gene has been deleted. Often shows disappointingly little phenotypic change usually because there are alternative mechanisms or because the right challenge is not being made (some genes are probably… …
102knockout drops — chloral hydrate or any similar rapidly acting drug, esp. one put in a drink secretly to make the drinker unconscious. [1890 95] * * * …
103knockout mouse — noun Any of several forms of mice that have been genetically engineered by inactivating specific genes …
104knockout mouse — a mouse that has had a specific gene artificially deleted from its genome …
105knockout drum — A vessel wherein suspended liquid is separated from gas or vapor …
106Knockout Brown — Valentine Braun (boxer) …
107Knockout Bernie — In “The Battle That Ended the Century,” one of two antagonists who engage in a boxing match in the year 2001. The character (nicknamed “the Wild Wolf of West Shokan”) is a parody of HPL’s friend Bernard Austin Dwyer, of West Shokan, N.Y …
108knockout drops — plural noun a liquid drug added to a drink to cause unconsciousness …
109knockout drops — knock′out drops n. pl. a drug, esp. chloral hydrate, put in a drink secretly to make the drinker unconscious • Etymology: 1890–95 …
110knockout drop — /ˈnɒkaʊt drɒp/ (say nokowt drop) noun Colloquial a sedative pill, often added to a drink. Also, knock drop. {US slang (1890s) …