knockdown vs sharp

knockdown

adj
  • To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening. 

  • reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer 

  • powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down 

  • Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal. 

verb
  • To employ the knockdown technique 

noun
  • The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface. 

  • An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down. 

  • A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room. 

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

  • a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet. 

  • A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced. 

  • 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. 

  • An overwhelming blow. 

sharp

adj
  • Sudden and intense. 

  • Higher in pitch than required. 

  • Intelligent. 

  • Having an intense, acrid flavour. 

  • Offensive, critical, or acrimonious. 

  • Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees. 

  • Steep; precipitous; abrupt. 

  • Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification. 

  • Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded. 

  • Illegal or dishonest. 

  • Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note). 

  • Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd. 

  • Tactical; risky. 

  • Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty. 

  • Said of as extreme a value as possible. 

  • Exact, precise, accurate; keen. 

  • Piercing; keen; severe; painful. 

  • Stylish or attractive. 

  • Observant; alert; acute. 

adv
  • To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply. 

  • Exactly. 

  • In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable. 

noun
  • A note that is sharp in a particular key. 

  • Something that is sharp. 

  • A dishonest person; a cheater. 

  • Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings. 

  • A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯. 

  • A sharp tool or weapon. 

  • A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s). 

  • The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic. 

  • Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly. 

  • A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between. 

  • The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher. 

  • A hypodermic syringe. 

verb
  • To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper. 

  • To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp. 

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