knock
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: automotive
ball-games
baseball
card-games
cricket
cycling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From Middle English knokken, from Old English cnocian, ġecnocian, ġecnucian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *knew- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-, *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”). The English word is cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to hit”), Old English cnuian, cnuwian (“to pound, knock”), Old Norse knoka (compare Danish knuge (“to squeeze”), Swedish knocka (“to hug”)). More at knuckle.
Inflected forms:
form: knocks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: knocks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: knocking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: knocked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: knocked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: It came to me, like a knock on the door / Erasing all that had gone before / Broken wings can be mended / But this love of ours, we've got to defend it
gloss: A sharp impact.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He took a knock on the head.
gloss: A criticism.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
informal
uncountable
examples: Since forming in 2007 Mumford & Sons have hard-toured their way to a vast market for throaty folk that's strong on banjo and bass drum. They have released two enormous albums. But, wow, do they take some knocks back home.
gloss: A blow or setback.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
informal
uncountable
examples: "Come on!" cried Mr. Beaver, who was almost dancing with delight. "Come and see! This is a nasty knock for the Witch! It looks as if her power was already crumbling."
gloss: Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A batsman's innings.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: He had a good knock and scored well.
gloss: A ball hit into play, especially one that becomes a hit.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: He played a slow but sure knock of 35.
gloss: Synonym of hunger knock.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Knock on the door and find out if they’re home.
Then ſaid Evangeliſt, Keep that light in your eye, and go up directly thereto: ſo ſhalt thou ſee the Gate; at which, when thou knockeſt, it ſhall be told thee what thou ſhalt do.
gloss: To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
pos: verb
tags: dated
transitive
examples: Master, knock the door hard.
gloss: To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
pos: verb
tags: colloquial
transitive
examples: Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
And my friend, the reporter, could see nothing funny in this! Sent out on an assignment to write up a roaring, hilarious, brilliant joshing story of—but I will not knock a brother—let us go on with the story.
A Judge must be respected, / A Judge you mustn't knock / Or else you'll be detected / And shoved into the dock.
“And what do you care when some folks start knocking you? It’s a sign you getting some place.”
The pious have sometimes knocked the day [Thanksgiving] for its laughter, its late sleeping, its overeating.
If you try to knock me, you'll get mocked / I'll stir-fry you in my wok
gloss: To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To hit a ball into play.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Despite enjoying more than their fair share of possession the visitors did not look like creating anything, with their lack of a killer ball painfully obvious as they harmlessly knocked the ball around outside the home side's box without ever looking like they would hurt them.
gloss: To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
pos: verb
tags: UK
dated
slang
transitive
gloss: To bump or impact.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
dated
examples: I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.
I accidentally knocked my drink off the bar.
"The Silver Shoes," said the Good Witch, "have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye. All you have to do is to knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go."
gloss: To have sex with.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
gloss: To prosecute under the law; to arrest, imprison, etc.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: The cops had busted us for selling hot designer bags up on Utica Avenue for some cat who figured we was too young to get knocked if we got caught, but two fat white po-pos said fuck how young we was, and threw us in a cell for damn near three days until they could contact Noojie to come get us out.
gloss: To end play by declaring one's hand to have under a certain amount of deadwood.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Derived words: antiknock
cop knock
death knock
diesel knock
engine knock
hard knock
job and knock
knock-about
knock-back
knockback
knock box
knock-for-knock agreement
knock-knee
knock knee
knock-kneed
knock-knock
knock knock
knock-knock burglary
knock-knock ginger
knock-knock joke
knockmeter
knockproof
knock rummy
knock shop
knockstone
nickety-knock
no-knock
postman's knock
school of hard knocks
spark knock
doorknock
come knocking
don't knock it till you've tried it
don't knock yourself out
knick-knock
knock about
knock a buzzard off a gut wagon
knock a buzzard off a shit wagon
knock a dog off a gut wagon
knock-and-announce
knock and run
knock around
knock a skunk off a gut wagon
knock at the door
knock at the door of
knock back
knock boots
knock dead
knockdown
knock down
knock down a notch
knock down a peg
knock down ginger
knock down to size
knocked up
knock-'em-downs
knocker
knockers
knocker up
knock for a loop
knock in
knockingly
knocking shop
knock into
knock into a cocked hat
knock into shape
knock it off
knock it out of the ballpark
knock it out of the park
knock knock joke
knock-me-down
knock off
knockoff
knock off someone's block
knock on
knock one out
knock one out of the ballpark
knock one out of the ball park
knock one out of the park
knock oneself out
knock on heaven's door
knock on the door of
knock on the head
knock on wood
knock out
knockout
knock out of the box
knock over
knock round
knock sideways
knock somebody's socks off
knock someone's socks off
knock someone down with a feather
knock someone flat
knock someone for six
knock someone into the middle of next week
knock someone off their perch
knock someone out of time
knock someone over with a feather
knock someone's block off
knock someone's head off
knock someone's lights out
knock some sense into
knock the ball out of the park
knock the corners off
knock the daylight out of
knock the daylights out of
knock the living daylights out of
knock the persimmon
knock the stuffing out of
knock the wind out of someone's sails
knock together
knock under
knock up
knock wood
knocky
port knocking
unknocked
unknocking
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