TKO may refer to:

Sports

Technical knockout A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, a ...

, a professional fighting term * Total Knock Out, a professional wrestling move

Music

Artists

* TKO (band), a rock band from Seattle, Washington * TKO, a pop group led by

Katie White Katie Rebecca White (born 18 January 1983) is an English musician and member of the pop duo The Ting Tings. After some success with a girl group punk trio TKO, which supported Steps and Atomic Kitten, her father David White brought in Jules De M ...

Albums

* ''TKO'' (Tsakani Mhinga album), 2000 *''

TKO (The Knock Out) ''T.K.O. (The Knock Out)'' is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter Mya. It is the follow-up to her album ''Smoove Jones'' (2016) and was released April 20, 2018, on her label Planet 9 to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of ...

'', 2018 album by Mýa *''TKO'', album by

Kelly Khumalo Kelly Nonhlanhla Khumalo (born November 11, 1982) is a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. Born and raised in Nquthu, KwaZulu-Natal, she was discovered while performing at a gospel talent search and signed a record deal with ...

, 2005

Songs

* "TKO" (Justin Timberlake song) * "TKO" (Le Tigre song) * "TKO" (Motion City Soundtrack song) * "T.K.O." (Giant Panda song) * "TKO", from Bassnectar's '' Unlimited'' * "TKO", from Jesse Malin's '' The Fine Art of Self Destruction'' * "TKO", from the ''

Sam & Max ''Sam & Max'' is an American media franchise about Sam and Max, a pair of anthropomorphic vigilante private investigators. The characters, who occupy a universe that parodies American popular culture, were created by Steve Purcell in his yout ...

'' Season Two Soundtrack * "TKO", from the 1983 debut album ''

Love Wars ''Love Wars'' is the 1983 debut album by musical duo Womack & Womack. The album, described by Chris Rizik of ''SoulTracks'' as "a critical favorite", charted at number 34 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. In his review of the al ...

'' by Womack & Womack * "T.K.O. (Boxing Day)", from Elvis Costello's ''

Punch the Clock ''Punch the Clock'' is the eighth studio album by English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, and his seventh with the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation). It was released on 5 A ...

'' * "T.K.O.", from Dave Grusin's '' Migration''

Film and TV

* "TKO" (Babylon 5), an episode of the TV series ''Babylon 5'' * ''T.K.O.'' (film), a 2007 film starring Dianna Agron * '' The Kill Order'', the prequel novel to ''The Maze Runner'' series * ''

Three Kingdoms Online The following is a list of media adaptations of Luo Guanzhong's 14th century novel ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'', one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. The story has been adapted in numerous forms, including films, tel ...

'', a browser based strategy game * '' TKO: Total Knock Out'', an obstacle course reality TV game show * T.K.O., an ''OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'' character

Technology

Taylor KO Factor The Taylor knock-out factor, also called Taylor KO factor or TKOF, is a formulaic mathematical approach for evaluating the stopping power of hunting Cartridge (firearms), cartridges, developed by John "Pondoro" Taylor in the middle of the 20th cent ...

, a measurement of the stopping power of a firearms cartridge *

TKO Software TKO Software was a video game developer founded in 2002 in Santa Cruz, California, United States by Jacob Hawley and Michael Songy. TKO Software created '' Medal of Honor: Allied Assault: Breakthrough'' (2003) and the multiplayer portion of '' Meda ...

, a defunct software company *

Triple knockout A gene knockout (abbreviation: KO) is a genetic technique in which one of an organism's genes is made inoperative ("knocked out" of the organism). However, KO can also refer to the gene that is knocked out or the organism that carries the gene kno ...

, in molecular biology * "To keep open", a medical acronym for an intravenous drip that is flowing just enough to keep the IV open for future use (sometimes written as KVO - "keep vein open")

Other uses

The Kindness Offensive The Kindness Offensive (TKO) is a group based in London known for orchestrating large-scale random acts of kindness, involving the distribution of industrial quantities of goods to unsuspecting members of the public and charities. The group's stat ...

, a North London group known for random acts of kindness * Tseung Kwan O, a new town in Hong Kong ** MTR station code for Tseung Kwan O station * Station code for Taman Kota railway station * TKO Studios, a comics publisher *

Tie extractor/inserter A Tie exchanger (also known as a TKO for Tie Knock Out, or by various combinations of tie exchanger, extractor, replacer, or inserter) is a self-propelled railroad maintenance of way vehicle that removes old railroad ties (also known as sleepers) ...

, a railroad maintenance vehicle