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/Sounds like "NOH" (as in "note") + "keh" (as in "kept")/

Meaning

Total exhaustion, the state of being knocked completely out of commission. Used figuratively in Mexico and Central America, "noque" (from "nocaut," knockout) describes someone so depleted by tiredness that they're down for the count, unable to continue.

Examples

I got back from the trip so exhausted that I crashed on the couch all afternoon.

He finished the workday completely knocked out, he couldn't even speak.

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/Sounds like "NOH" (as in "note") + "keh" (as in "kept")/

Meaning

A knockout punch that leaves someone flat on the ground immediately. Used in boxing contexts but also in everyday Mexican and Central American speech for any hit that takes someone out of the game, or figuratively for someone so exhausted they are completely out of commission.

Examples

He knocked him out in the first round and won the fight easily.

They got into it on the street and the first one he touched went down cold.

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