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What does knock off mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word knock off? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Alternative form of knockoff
  2. A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
Verb
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see knock,‎ off.
  2. (transitive) To bump or hit so that something falls off
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To quit; stop doing work or other activity. The term originated from the practice aboard slave galleys to have a man beat time for the rowers by knocking on a block or drum; when he stopped, the rowers could rest.
  4. (idiomatic) To kill someone
  5. (idiomatic) To reduce or remove
  6. (idiomatic) To rob.
  7. (transitive) To make a copy of, as of a design.
  8. (transitive) To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.
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