Definitions for knock down
knock down

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knock-down(a), powerfulverb

   strong enough to knock down or overwhelm

   "a knock-down blow"

2. down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull downverb

   cause to come or go down

   "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

3. deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floorverb

   knock down with force

   "He decked his opponent"

4. blast, knock downverb

   shatter as if by explosion

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knock downnoun

   To take apart; to dissassemble; as, to knock down a rifle for cleaning.

2. Knock downnoun

   To reduce or discount the price of; as, the dresses were knocked down to twenty dollars.

3. Knock downnoun

   To earn (an income).

4. Knock downnoun

   To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock of the auctioneer's hammer; to sell at an auction; as, the vase was knocked down at two thousand dollars.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knock downverb

   To hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls

2. knock downverb

   To demolish.

3. knock downverb

   At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel.

4. knock downverb

   To reduce the price of.

5. knock downverb

   To drink fast

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1. knock down

   Knock down refers to the act of disassembling or dismantling something, usually a structure or an object. It can also mean to strike or hit something or someone hard enough to cause them to fall. In a figurative sense, it can refer to reducing or decreasing something, such as prices or arguments.

Matched Categories

1. • Smash
   • Strike

How to pronounce knock down?

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How to say knock down in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of knock down in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of knock down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of knock down in a Sentence

1. Mo Fathelbab:

   I'm a Muslim-American and I'm tired of the rampant Islamophobia overtaking the campaign, and until Muslim Mel Brooks appears on the scene to comically knock down Trump with our version of 'The Producers,' this is the next best thing.

2. Sanita Belgrave:

   Every opportunity you need in life is behind a door. How many doors are you willing to knock down?

3. Joe Conlon:

   Down in Central and South America, they’re using these thermal foggers— that can work and knock down the mosquito, but in the U.S, they’re not going to allow federal and state folks to allow them into their homes to do that, it’s not something that mosquito abatement will do, but public pressure may make them do that. People might demand something like that of their own volition.

4. Condoleezza Rice:

   Vladimir Putin is out there talking about his nuclear missiles and we should just say, first of all, nobody has ever said American missile defenses could knock down thousands of Russian missiles—I told him that myself, personally, when I was secretary of state, that missile defense is aimed at Iran or North Korea—not Russia.

5. Josh Groban:

   There's no shame in just doing the small things every day to just get you through those moments... you don't have to feel like you're setting yourself up to knock down the biggest thing you could possibly imagine, for me it's been little things. Instead of trying to write a whole song, just try and think about one line. I haven't done a lot of cooking, maybe I can learn to make pasta today and see if I can look up how to boil water and do that. And all those little baby steps lead to realizing that you're accomplishing quite a bit.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=knock down
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=knock down
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Knock_Down
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com