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Definition of 'Knock'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) knock
to strike a sounding blow, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal.

2.  knock
to strike in collision; bump:
to knock into a table.

3.  knock
to make a pounding noise:
The car's engine is knocking badly.

4.  knock
Informal. to find fault.

5.  knock
to end a card game, as in gin rummy, by laying down a hand in which those cards not included in sets total less than a specific amount.

6. (v.t.) knock
to give a sounding or forcible blow to; hit; strike; beat.

7.  knock
to drive, force, or render by striking:
to knock a man senseless.

8.  knock
to make by striking a blow or blows:
to knock a hole in the wall.

9.  knock
to strike (a thing) against something else.

10.  knock
Informal. to criticize, esp. in a carping manner.

11.  knock
knock around or about,

12.  knock
to wander, esp. living briefly in one place after another.

13.  knock
to mistreat; manhandle.

14.  knock
Slang. to drink (a beverage), esp. quickly and heartily.

15.  knock
knock down,

16.  knock
to cause to fall by striking.

17.  knock
to dismantle for ease of handling.

18.  knock
to lower the price of.

19.  knock
to sell at auction, as through a blow of the auctioneer's hammer.

20.  knock
knock off,

21.  knock
to cease an activity, esp. the day's work.

22.  knock
to cease (work).

23.  knock
Informal. to do, produce, or dispose of quickly, hurriedly, or with ease:
to knock off a couple of stories in a day.

24.  knock
Slang. to murder.

25.  knock
to reduce a price by the amount of.

26.  knock
Slang. to disable or defeat.

27.  knock
Slang. to rob; burglarize.

28.  knock
to copy or plagiarize.

29.  knock
knock out,

30.  knock
to defeat (an opponent) in a boxing match by striking such a blow that the opponent is unable to rise within the specified time.

31.  knock
to make unconscious.

32.  knock
to make tired or exhausted.

33.  knock
Informal. to produce quickly; knock off.

34.  knock
to damage or destroy:
to knock out the power lines.

35.  knock
Slang. to impress greatly; overwhelm with amazed delight.

36.  knock
knock over,

37.  knock
to strike (someone or something) from an erect to a prone position.

38.  knock
to distress; overcome.

39.  knock
Slang. to rob, burglarize, or hijack.

40.  knock
knock together, to make or construct in a hurry or with little attention to detail.

41.  knock
knock up,

42.  knock
Slang. to make pregnant.

43.  knock
to exhaust; weary; tire.

44.  knock
Brit. to wake up; rouse.

45. (n.) knock
an act or instance of knocking.

46.  knock
the sound of knocking, esp. a rap, as at a door.

47.  knock
a blow or thump.

48.  knock
Informal. an adverse criticism.

49.  knock
the noise resulting from faulty combustion or incorrect functioning within an internal-combustion engine.

50.  knock
(in cricket) an inning.

Definition of 'Knock'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) knock, knocking
the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
"the knocking grew louder"

2. (noun) knock, roast
negative criticism

3. (noun) knock, bash, bang, smash, belt
a vigorous blow
"the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"

4. (noun) knock
a bad experience
"the school of hard knocks"

5. (verb) knock, belt, rap, whack, whang
the act of hitting vigorously
"he gave the table a whack"

6. (verb) knock, strike hard
deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

7. (verb) knock
rap with the knuckles
"knock on the door"

8. (verb) bump, knock
knock against with force or violence
"My car bumped into the tree"

9. (verb) tap, rap, knock, pink
make light, repeated taps on a surface
"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

10. (verb) pink, ping, knock
sound like a car engine that is firing too early
"the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"

11. (verb) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
"The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"

Definition of 'Knock'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) knock
to hit sth against a door to tell sb you are outside
Please knock before entering.; I knocked on the door.

2.  knock
to hit with force, usually by accident
Be careful not to knock anything off the shelves.; He fell and knocked his head against the door.

3.  knock
to criticize
Don't knock what she's doing - it's working!

4. (noun) knock
a noise made when sb knocks on sth
a knock on/at the door

5.  knock
sth bad or unpleasant that causes problems
The bad reviews were a knock to my confidence.

6.  knock
an injury caused by being hit
a nasty knock on the forehead

Definition of 'Knock'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Knock
a blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar

2. (noun) Knock
a stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap

3. (verb) Knock
to drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another

4. (verb) Knock
to strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door

5. (verb) Knock
to strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table

6. (verb) Knock
to strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door

Translation of 'Knock'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make a sharp noise by hitting or tapping, especially on a door etc to attract attention Just then, someone knocked at the door.
Afrikaans: klop	Arabic: يَدُق	Bulgarian: чукам
Brazilian: bater	Czech: klepat	German: klopfen
Danish: banke	Greek: χτυπώ (π.χ. την πόρτα)	Spanish: golpear, llamar
Estonian: koputama	Farsi: در زدن؛ کوفتن	Finnish: koputtaa
French: frapper, cogner	Hebrew: לְהָקִיש	Hindi: दस्तक देना
Croatian: kucati	Hungarian: kopog(tat)	Indonesian: mengetuk
Icelandic: banka	Italian: bussare	Japanese: たたく
Korean: (문 따위를) 두드리다	Lithuanian: belsti	Latvian: klauvēt
Malay: mengetuk	Dutch: kloppen	Norwegian: banke (på), knakke
Polish: pukać	Persian: در زدن؛ کوفتن	Pashto: دروازه ټكټك كول
Portuguese: bater	Romanian: a ciocăni, a bate	Russian: стучать(ся)
Slovak: klopať	Slovenian: potrkati	Serbian: kucati
Swedish: knacka	Thai: เคาะ	Turkish: vurmak,çalmak, tıklatmak
Taiwanese: 敲	Ukrainian: стукати	Urdu: کھٹکھٹانا
Vietnamese: gõ	Chinese: 敲
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