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Meaning of knockoff | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually of lower quality and price than the original.
    attributive, often
  2. A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.

Equivalents

Deutsch Fälschung Imitat
Ελληνικά μαϊμού
Español imitación
Suomi jäljitelmä
Français faux imitation
Bahasa Indonesia jiplakan salinan tiruan
Italiano imitazione
日本語 ぱくり
Nederlands namaak nepper
Polski podróbka
Português imitação
Русский подде́лка
Svenska kopia
Türkçe çakma

Examples

“It's not a name-brand bag; it's just a cheap knockoff.”
“He tried to sell us some knockoff watches.”
“But then there's knockoffs of famous brands like Pizza Huh, Sunbucks, McDnoald's. OFC!? Wow, that's wrong on so many levels. Well, at least this Apple store looks like it has something good to eat.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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