knock

[Knock]

When you knock, you bump or strike someone or something. When you hear a knock at the door, someone on the other side is thumping it with their knuckles.

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To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

Noun
the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"

Noun
negative criticism

Noun
a bad experience; "the school of hard knocks"

Noun
the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); "the knocking grew louder"

Noun
a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"

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Verb
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"

Verb
deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

Verb
knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree"

Verb
rap with the knuckles; "knock on the door"

Verb
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"

Verb
make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"


v. i.
To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

v. i.
To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.

n.
A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.

n.
A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.


Knock

Knock , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knocked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Knocking.] [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka.Cf. Knack.] 1. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another. Bacon. 2. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
To knock about, to go about, taking knocks or rough usage; to wander about; to saunter. [Colloq.] "Knocking about town." W. Irving. -- To knock up, to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn out, as with labor; to give out. "The horses were beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe service." De Quincey. -- To knock off, to cease, as from work; to desist. -- To knock under, to yield; to submit; to acknowledge one's self conquered; -- an expression probably borrowed from the practice of knocking under the table with the knuckles, when conquered. "Colonel Esmond knocked under to his fate." Thackeray.

Knock

Knock , v. t. 1. 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.
When heroes knock their knotty heads together.
2. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
Master, knock the door hard.
To knock down. (a) To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as, to knock down an assailant. (b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock; to knock off. -- To knock in the head, ∨ on the head, to stun or kill by a blow upon the head; hence, to put am end to; to defeat, as a scheme or project; to frustrate; to quash. [Colloq.] -- To knock off. (a) To force off by a blow or by beating. (b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. (c) To leave off (work, etc.). [Colloq.] -- To knock out, to force out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out the brains. -- To knock up. (a) To arouse by knocking. (b) To beat or tire out; to fatigue till unable to do more; as, the men were entirely knocked up. [Colloq.] "The day being exceedingly hot, the want of food had knocked up my followers." Petherick. (c) (Bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form, as printed sheets.

Knock

Knock, n. 1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar. 2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. " A knock at the door." Longfellow.
A loud cry or some great knock.
Knock off, a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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.

A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.

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Usage Examples

I was blessed, because I come from a family where they knock you down before you float away. I have a lot of brothers who just make sure we have our feet on the ground, and my mom is a rock star. She is an amazing mother.

Don't knock the weather nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.

If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.

I've had fans come and knock on my door. I'm usually polite, but I'm usually very direct and say, 'It's not cool that you come here uninvited.'

I wanted to take up music, so my father bought me a blunt instrument. He told me to knock myself out.

I'm trying to knock the medical profession into accepting its responsibilities, and those responsibilities include assisting their patients with death.

I've learned through experience of playing different characters, some of whom were jerks, that when you play a character who is pretentious or obnoxious, in any way, it's important to knock them down a peg.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Hollywood people want to build you up and make you famous only to knock you off you're the pedestal they built for you.

And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.

I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?

I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances.

As we celebrate Recovery Month, it is time for Congress to knock down the barriers to treatment and recovery for 26 million Americans suffering the ravages of alcohol and drug addiction.

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.

As a result of my philosophy, I wasn't even upset about Hitler. I was willing to go to war to knock him off, but I didn't hate him. I hated what he was doing.

I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it's a - knock wood - hit, the checks come in for many years.

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