knockback
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He lifted his hand in a knockback spell, which would send me sailing right into the zombie."
- "[…]the chemo had not worked and had gone back into his brain.[…]He had knockback after knockback. It would have taken its toll on anyone."
- "Despite all the knockbacks from COVID, as an industry we are ready for the turnaround and more than ready to welcome back passengers returning from lockdown."
- "He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops."
- "The only other knockback in the Port Kembla-Wollongong district was from Benny Westwood of the Advance Tyre Service. He, too, ordered us off the premises."
- "1995, Heather Hogarth, Your First Job: Getting It, Keeping It, and Going Further, MacMillan Education Australia, page 82, So you′ve had a knockback. All right, we don′t all get the first job we apply for."
Etymology
Deverbal from knock back.
Usage
- Australian usage
- British usage
- Informal