Knock Definition
nŏk
knocked, knocking, knocks
verb
knocked, knocking, knocks
To hit; strike.
Webster's New World
To affect in a specified way by striking hard.
Knocked the mugger senseless.
American Heritage
To find fault with; criticize adversely.
Webster's New World
To cause to be displaced or unengaged; force.
A wind that knocked the tower over; a blunder that knocked him out of the job.
American Heritage
To make by hitting or striking.
To knock a hole in a wall.
Webster's New World
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noun
knocks
An instance of striking or colliding.
American Heritage
The act of knocking.
Webster's New World
A hit; sharp or resounding blow; rap, as on a door.
Webster's New World
A thumping or rattling noise in an engine, etc., as because of faulty combustion.
Webster's New World
An adverse criticism.
Webster's New World
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idiom
have it knocked
- To be certain of success:
American Heritage
knock cold
- To render unconscious; knock out.
American Heritage
knock dead
- To kill with a blow.
- To affect strongly and positively:
a performance that knocked the audience dead.
American Heritage
knock it off
- To stop doing something. Often used in the imperative:
He asked us to knock it off.
American Heritage
knock out of the box
- To force the removal of (an opposing pitcher) by heavy hitting.
American Heritage
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Knock
Origin of Knock
Akin to Old Norse knoka (compare Swedish knocka, Danish knuge, to hug) and Middle High German knochen, to hit.
From Wiktionary
Middle English knokken from Old English cnocian
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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