knockoff

knockoff

See also: knock-off and knock off

English

Alternative forms

• knock-off, knock off

Etymology

knock +‎ off

Noun

knockoff (plural knockoffs)

1. An imitation of something, particularly a well-known product, usually lower in quality and price than the original.

   It's not a name-brand bag; it's just a cheap knockoff.

   • 2015 June 24, Chris Chappell as himself, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products”, in China Uncensored‎, New Tang Dynasty Television, New Tang Dynasty Television, 00:04:33 from the start:

     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.

Related terms

• knock
• knock off

Translations

imitation of something

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 山寨 (zh) (shānzhài), 冒牌貨 (zh), 冒牌货 (zh) (màopáihuò), 仿製品 (zh), 仿制品 (zh) (fǎngzhìpǐn) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: namaak (nl) m, nepper (nl) m Finnish: jäljitelmä (fi) French: faux (fr) m, imitation (fr) f German: Imitat n, Fälschung (de) f Greek: μαϊμού (el) f (maïmoú) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: tiruan (id), jiplakan (id), salinan (id)

Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Persian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: подделка (ru) f (poddelka) Spanish: imitación (es) f Swedish: kopia (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: hàng nhái, hàng giả, hàng giả hiệu