knockoff

See also: knock-off and knock off

English

Alternative forms

• knock-off, knock off

Etymology

Deverbal from knock off.

Noun

knockoff (plural knockoffs)

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

   Synonyms: rip-off, fake, phony

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

   He tried to sell us some knockoff watches.

   • 2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products” (00:04:33 from the start), in China Uncensored‎^[1], spoken by Chris Chappell (himself), America Uncovered LLC:

     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.

2. A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.

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／冒牌货 (zh) (màopáihuò), 仿製品／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 (de) n, Fälschung (de) f
• Greek: μαϊμού (el) f (maïmoú)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: másolat (hu), koppintás (hu)
• Indonesian: tiruan (id), jiplakan (id), salinan (id)
• Italian: imitazione (it) f
• Japanese: ぱくり (ja) (pakuri)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: podróbka (pl) f
• Portuguese: imitação (pt) f
• Russian: подделка (ru) f (poddelka)
• Spanish: imitación (es) f, bamba (es), chimbo (es) (adjective, Andes), wanabí (Greater United States), guanabí (United States), pretencioso (es), aparentador (es), pretensioso, wannabi (United States)
• Swedish: kopia (sv)
• Thai: ของปลอม, ของเก๊, ของก๊อป, จีนแดง (slang), เซินเจิ้น (slang)
• Turkish: çakma (tr)
• Vietnamese: hàng nhái, hàng giả, hàng giả hiệu

See also

• shanzhai