knockdown-dragout

1. 1.

   extremely violent

   “a knock-down-and-drag-out fight”

   Synonymsknock-down-and-drag-out

   Similarviolent

   colloquialism

Questions about knockdown-dragout

What does knockdown-dragout mean?

knockdown-dragout means "extremely violent".

How many syllables are in knockdown-dragout?

knockdown-dragout has 4 syllables and divides as knock-down--dra-gout under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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