Knock-on Definition

noun

(rugby) A foul in which a player knocks the ball forward.

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(chiefly UK) Resulting as an indirect effect.
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verb
(intransitive, rugby) To commit a foul by knocking the ball forward.
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Other Word Forms of Knock-on

Noun

Singular:
knock-on
Plural:
knock-ons

Knock-on Sentence Examples

  • A knock on the door brought only silence.

  • I better knock on his door.

  • For the second time in a few minutes, there was a knock on the door.

  • Before Dean could answer, there was a knock on the front door and he rose to answer it.

  • The whole episode seems like a bad dream, who could have thought that a simple knock on the arm could cause such heartache!

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

NON

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Words Starting With K and Ending With N

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