knockback
Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.
Definitions
UK
#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.
Was this helpful?
Comments
UK
#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, Australia, informal) A rejection; a refusal.
He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops.
Cluster: body
Heard in the wild
“What if we kissed and held hands under Shiva whiles she's doing knockback mirrors in e8s”
— Bluesky· May 2026
Was this helpful?
Comments
Show 1 more dictionary-style sense (imported)
UK
#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.
Was this helpful?
Comments
Used in
UK
Have a better definition?
Add your own interpretation of "knockback".
🇬🇧About British & Irish slang slang
UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
See all British & Irish slang slang on Slangora.
Tags
Other words near "knockback" (K)
knob-rashknob rotknobstickknobtwatknockknock backknock bootsknock downknockdownknock down gingerknocked upknock-'em-downs
Browse all slang words starting with K.