Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb knock_cold
1 sense of knock cold
Sense 1
knock cold, knock out, kayo -- (knock unconscious or senseless; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds")
=> beat, beat up, work over -- (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students")