different between breakdown vs knockdown

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase break down.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?e?kda?n/

Noun

breakdown (countable and uncountable, plural breakdowns)

1. A failure, particularly mechanical; something that has failed

2. A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability

3. Listing, division or categorization in great detail

4. (film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
5. (chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
6. (physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
7. A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
   • 1992, En Vogue, My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (song)

     And now it's time for a breakdown!

   • 1999, CMJ New Music Report (volume 59, number 631, page 28)

     The fired-up foursome takes itself very seriously, singing politically charged lyrics, which, in the tradition of Strife and Damnation AD, are strategically placed in the middle of slamming, moshable breakdowns.

8. (sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
9. (US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in Southern United States African American music.
10. (US, dated) Any crude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
    • 1854, New England Tales

      Don't clear out when the quadrilles are over, for we are going to have a breakdown to wind up with.

11. (US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.

    "Foggy Mountain Breakdown"

    • 1893, Mark Twain "The Californian's Tale", in The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906)

      Towards nine the three miners said that as they had brought their instruments they might as well tune up, for the boys and girls would soon be arriving now, and hungry for a good old fashioned breakdown. A fiddle, a banjo, and a clarinet - these were the instruments.
12. (music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.

Synonyms

• (musical technique): degradation

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• break it down

References

• (The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.) 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pg. 694.

English

Etymology

knock +? down

Pronunciation

Noun

knockdown (countable and uncountable, plural knockdowns)

1. An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
2. An overwhelming blow.
3. (slang, obsolete, uncountable) Very strong ale or beer.
4. (genetics) A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced.
5. (genetics) The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
6. (nautical) The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
7. (soccer) a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
8. (film, television) A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room.
   • 1999, Scott Skelton, Jim Benson, Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-hours Tour (page 294)

     We shot 'The Caterpillar' at General Service Studios, and the dressing rooms for the actors were what they call knockdowns: wooden frames covered in grungy, dirty red canvas. It looked like a circus tent.

9. A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly.

   Synonym: KD

Translations

Verb

knockdown (third-person singular simple present knockdowns, present participle knockdowning, simple past and past participle knockdowned)

1. (genetics) To employ the knockdown technique

Adjective

knockdown (not comparable)

1. powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down

   a knockdown argument

   a knockdown blow

2. reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer
3. Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal.

   knockdown furniture

4. (of a rivet head) To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.

Derived terms

• knockdown-dragout