Knock
[nɒk] or [nɑk]
Definition
(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'.
(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.) rap with the knuckles; 'knock on the door'.
Typist: Ruth--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typist: Trevor
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Rap (as at a door), clap.[2]. Blow, slap, cuff, buffet, box.
v. n. Rap (as at a door).
v. a. Beat, strike, hit, bump, slap.
Typed by Brandon
Definition
v.i. to strike with something hard or heavy: to drive or be driven against: to strike for admittance: to rap.—v.t. to strike: to drive against.—n. a sudden stroke: a rap.—adj. Knock′-down such as to overthrow.—ns. Knock′er the hammer suspended to a door for making a knock: a goblin inhabiting a mine who points out the presence of ore by knocks; Knock′ing a beating on a door: a rap.—adj. Knock′-kneed having knees that knock or touch in walking.—Knock about (slang) to saunter loaf about; Knock down to fell with a blow: assign to a bidder with a tap of the auctioneer's hammer; Knock into a cocked hat (see Cock); Knock off to desist cease: to accomplish hastily; Knock on the head to bring to a sudden stop; Knock out to beat in a boxing match to overcome generally: to lose the scent—of hounds in fox-hunting; Knock-out auction an auction where the bidders are largely swindling confederates; Knock together to get together or construct hastily; Knock under to give in yield; Knock up to rouse by knocking: weary out or be worn out: to construct hastily: (U.S.) to get with child.
Edited by Ellis
Examples
- They heard a rifle bolt snick as it was drawn back and then the knock against the wood as it was pushed forward and down on the stock. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Before another word could be said by anybody, a thundering knock at the street door startled us all. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- If he attempts to run away from you, knock him down, or lock him up. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She listened to a step outside that caught her ear, and there was a soft knock at the door. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They were very glad to set the chair down, and give a good round loud double-knock at the street door. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Before I could knock at the door it was suddenly opened, and a man came running out with a lighted lantern in his hand. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- After that knock they heard a movement below, and somebody shuffling up towards the door. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- As I did so I struck against an elderly, deformed man, who had been behind me, and I knocked down several books which he was carrying. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Muhammad was knocked down and nearly killed, and there was much running away among his followers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yes, we quarreled, and he knocked me down. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- When I knocked for admission a priest came to the door who, while extremely polite, declined to admit us. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When I knocked the door was opened by Mrs. Clements herself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Then I became a young vagabond; and instead of one old woman knocking me about and starving me, everybody of all ages knocked me about and starved me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- There were lockers all round, and Wilson, the sham chaplain, knocked one of them in, and pulled out a dozen of brown sherry. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The knocking came again. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Then I became a young vagabond; and instead of one old woman knocking me about and starving me, everybody of all ages knocked me about and starved me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Don't lose your temper as well as your money, says Mr. George, calmly knocking the ashes out of his pipe. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I started to carry out the procedure when, upon opening the oil-cup, the steam rushed out with a tremendous noise, nearly knocking me off the engine. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was shut; and as no one answered to my knocking, I went, by back ways and by-lanes, to the yard where he worked. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was just after the mysterious knocking that he began the theme. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The cue was still in my hand, and I went on knocking the balls about, to take off the awkwardness of the thing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The sea has no appreciation of great men, but knocks them about like the small fry. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Then he takes off his fur hat and knocks it against the door. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Two peculiarly blunt knocks or pokes at the door, as if the dead man arriving on his back were striking at it with the soles of his motionless feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Phil announcing it, Mr. George knocks the ashes out of his pipe on the hob, stands his pipe itself in the chimney corner, and sits down to the meal. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Elliston, still smarting with the knocks, kicks and scratches he had got in his scuffle with the obstinate coachman, was not in a very gentle humour. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- To anybody but a half-blind man it would have said, You want another of the knocks which have already laid you so low. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A kind of giddy sensation has come upon me, miss, he explained, which rather knocks me over. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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