Knocking out fine ladies’ jewellery? (8)
I believe the answer is:
flooring
'knocking' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'fine ladies' jewellery?' is the wordplay.
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation e.g. condition of old coins, books).
'ladies'' becomes 'loo' (as in the ladies toilet).
'jewellery?' becomes 'ring' (ring is a kind of jewellery).
'f'+'loo'+'ring'='FLOORING'
'out' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for flooring that I've seen before include "platform" , "Baffling completely, knocking down" , "Carpet, wood, etc." , "Material for walking on" , "Bewildering" .)