Knock-off \Knock"-off`\, n. 1. Act or place of knocking off; that which knocks off; specif. (Mach.), a cam or the like for disconnecting something, as a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. A {knockoff}. [PJC]
Knock-off \Knock"-off`\, a. That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
knockoff \knock"off\, n. A cheap imitation of something popular, produced illegally without a license from the trademark owner, and of inferior materials. [Also spelled {knock-off}.] [PJC]