Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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knockout

UK /ˈnɒk.aʊt/ · US /ˈnɑk.oʊt/ noun, adjective

Forms knockouts knock-out

  1. noun The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO. “The boxer scored a knockout on his opponent.”
  2. noun The deactivation of anything.
  3. noun (informal) Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny. “If you've ever had a sack race, you know it's a real knockout for kids and adults alike.”
  4. noun (informal) A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
  5. noun A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal. “They left a knockout in the panel for running extra wires someday.”
  6. noun (genetics) The deactivation of a particular gene.
  7. noun (genetics) A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
  8. noun (printing) An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
  9. adjective Rendering someone unconscious. “He delivered a knockout blow.”
  10. adjective Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful. “You should have seen her knockout eyes.”
  11. adjective (genetics) Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.
  12. adjective Causing elimination from a competition.

Synonyms

stunner smasher beauty ravisher sweetheart peach lulu looker mantrap dish KO kayo hard severe

Etymology

Deverbal from knock out.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “knockout”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details