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 ...

(TKO) is a professional fighting term. TKO may also refer to:

Sports

* TKO, the name of a professional wrestling move referring to either the cutter or stunner variant *

TKO Group Holdings TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (TKO) is an American media conglomerate created by Endeavor as part of a merger between World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) and Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Since ...

, a combat sports company

Music

Artists

TKO (band) TKO is an American hard rock and heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington, which was mainly active between 1977 and 1986. The group's lead vocalist and only consistent member is Brad Sinsel. The band has reunited sporadically for shows star ...

, 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 indie 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 Ju ...

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 o ...

'', 2018 album by Mýa *''TKO'', album by Kelly Khumalo, 2005

Songs

* "TKO" (Justin Timberlake song), 2013 * "TKO" (Le Tigre song), 2004 * "TKO" (Motion City Soundtrack song), 2015 * " TKO (Knock You Out)", by Bubbles, 2003 * "TKO", from Bassnectar's '' Unlimited'', 2016 * "TKO", from Jesse Malin's ''

The Fine Art of Self Destruction ''The Fine Art of Self Destruction'' is Jesse Malin's debut solo album. Released on December 24, 2002 in the UK and January 28, 2003 in the United States. It was produced by Ryan Adams (his album-production debut). The front cover photograph wa ...

'', 2002 * "TKO", from the '' Sam & Max'' Season Two Soundtrack * "T.K.O.", by

Giant Panda The giant panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca''), also known as the panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its white animal coat, coat with black patches around the eyes, ears, legs and shoulders. ...

, 2005 * "T.K.O.", from Womack & Womack's 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 ...

'', 1983 * "T.K.O. (Boxing Day)", from Elvis Costello's '' Punch the Clock'', 1983 * "T.K.O.", from Dave Grusin's ''

Migration Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration * Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another ** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...

'', 1989 * "TKO", from IVE's ''IVE EMPATHY'', 2025

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 Kill Order'' is a 2012 young adult dystopian science fiction novel written by American author James Dashner and published on August 14, 2012, by Delacorte Press. It is the first prequel book in ''The Maze Runner'' series and the fourth i ...

'', 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, t ...

'', 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 cartridges, developed by John "Pondoro" Taylor in the middle of the 20th century. Taylor, an ele ...

, 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 '' Med ...

, a defunct software company *

Triple knockout Gene knockouts (also known as gene deletion or gene inactivation) are a widely used genetic engineering technique that involves the targeted removal or inactivation of a specific gene within an organism's genome. This can be done through a variet ...

, in molecular biology * "To keep open", a medical acronym for an

intravenous drip Intravenous therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein. The intravenous route of administration is commonly used for rehydration or to provide nutr ...

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 st ...

, a North London group known for random acts of kindness * Tie knock out, a railroad maintenance vehicle also known as a

tie extractor 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) ...

Tseung Kwan O Tseung Kwan O New Town, commonly known as Tseung Kwan O ( zh, t=將軍澳新市鎮, j=Zoeng1 gwan1 ou3 san1 si5 zan3), is one of the nine New towns of Hong Kong, new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on Land reclamation in Hong Kong, reclaimed ...

, a new town in Hong Kong ** MTR station code for

Tseung Kwan O station Tseung Kwan O (; : ) is a station on the MTR located at the town centre of the Tseung Kwan O New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The previous station is and the line splits after this station to and . The entrances to the station a ...

* Station code for

Taman Kota railway station Taman Kota Station (TKO, formerly Kembangan Station) is a class III railway station located in North Kembangan, Kembangan, West Jakarta. The station, which is located at an altitude of +12 meters, is included in the Jakarta Operational Area I a ...

in West Jakarta, Indonesia * TKO Studios, a comics publisher