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knock English

Meaning knock meaning

What does knock mean?
Definitions in simple English

knock Noun

— A sound from something hard hitting wood. — An impact.

knock Verb

— When you knock on something, you hit your knuckles onto it repeatedly. She knocked on my door three times before I opened it. — When you knock something, you hit it, often accidentally.

knock

— verb deliver a sharp blow or push He knocked the glass clear across the room — verb rap with the knuckles knock on the door — verb (= bump) knock against with force or violence My car bumped into the tree — noun (= knocking) the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) the knocking grew louder — noun negative criticism — noun (= bash, bang) a vigorous blow the sudden knock floored him he took a bash right in his face he got a bang on the head — noun a bad experience the school of hard knocks — noun (= whack) the act of hitting vigorously he gave the table a whack — verb (= criticize, criticise) 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 (= tap) make light, repeated taps on a surface he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently — verb (= pink, ping) 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

Synonyms knock synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as knock?

knock English » English

hit strike beat rap tap bump pound blow bang punch stroke whack thump smite smash smack rattle hammer criticize belt slap knocking jostle clatter bash shock pink whop swat ram push impact elbow collide clobber chatter wallop thrust throw thrash stub strike hard shove ridicule poke ping percussion nail make noise jab

Topics knock topics

What do people use knock to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Types of sounds
Person Healthy

Injure
Language and thought Communication Say

Criticize
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Door
Physical actions Physical impact

Hit
Physical actions Move Move in a direction Move down

Fall
Physical actions Move something Carry

Knock over
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Wind
Universe, creation World Land

Earthquake
Person Body Limb

Leg
Person Healthy Disease

Tooth decay
Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Lose consciousness
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Shock
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Chance

Lucky
Work and occupation Finance Dishonest financial practices

Steal
States Quantity More

Decrease

Conjugation knock conjugation

How do you conjugate knock?

knock · verb

Examples knock examples

How do I use knock in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom was about to fall asleep when he heard a knock on the door.
I consider the Jehovah's witnesses who knock on my door all the time to be no different from religious zealots trying to force their beliefs on me.
Could you knock down the price if I buy two?
He made for the door to answer the knock.
Please knock before you come in.
There was a knock at the front door.
I heard a knock at the door.
A girl opened the door in answer to my knock.
Please knock on the door before you enter.
He tried to knock at the door.
Knock on the door before entering the room.
Please knock before entering.
Tom heard a knock at the door.
Knock on the door.
I heard someone knock on the door.
There is a knock at the door.
Could you knock a little off the price?

Movie subtitles

But, by the time you knock his socks off today, wine and dine him over the weekend and then do your presentation on Monday, he will be.
When we get to wherever this is, I'll go up and knock.
Don't knock it.
Knock when you come in.
There was an estate agent, Knock, about whom all sorts of rumors were going around.
As the predator Nosferatu approached, it seems that the estate agent,Knock, had already begun to fall under his spell.
Go up there and knock on the door and see if you can get me a seat. Yes, sir.
Give him the knock.
All right, knock!
Well, go ahead and knock.
I was so worried he'd knock something over.
I'll knock your blooming.
That's his knock.
Knock again, louder.
Okay, people, first one to knock the other off wins.
You trail behind and knock him out when the time comes.
I was worried he'd knock something over.
For two nickels I'd knock his block off.
Let's lay off tomorrow, and knock that fellow over.
Knock me for a row at ninepins if it isn't little Miss Jane.
I wish you'd knock before you enter my boudoir.
Sit down, unless you want me to knock your brains out.
According to you, one of them is enough to knock out an elephant.
Mr. Barnaby! When you enter my house, I'll trouble you to knock.
Listen, Baker, I want you to go across to their front door and knock.
If you don't trust me enough to let me have a lock on my door, the least you can do is knock. Mom!
But, by the time you knock his socks off today, wine and dine him over the weekend and then do your presentation on Monday, he will be. Putty in our hands. - Oh.
The town was paralyzed by fear. They were looking for a sacrifice: they chose Knock.
Go up there and knock on the door and see if you can get me a seat.
Here is one guy that you can't knock off his back.
Attaboy, Nicky, you'll knock them for a loop.
I was just going to knock.
I swear if you don't get out of the way, I'll knock you down.
Oh, I can take a hint, you don't have to knock me down with no club.
Oh, that was a knock-out blow all right.
But tomorrow morning, if you should wake out of your dreams. and hear a knock and the door opens, and there, instead of a maid with a breakfast tray. stands a policeman with a warrant, then you'll be glad you are alone.
I had to knock her cold.

News and current affairs

Now, all this is more than the knock-about of international politics.
Financial institutions that have come to doubt their borrowers' ability to repay sell the debt to third parties at knock-down prices, often for as little as five cents on the dollar.
There is an almost embattled culture among many senior officials, who fear that fanning the flames of dissent among Europe's voters could one day knock European unity off course.
Floods in Thailand last year threw 700,000 people out of work and had knock-on economic effects around the world.
On the stimulus, though, Krugman achieves a knock-out punch.
The BoE's governor is now in the odd position of being invited to knock himself out - and in public, too.
Germany did not knock out France and then conquer Russia.
At night--husband into the douche, daughter--out, here is Greek Max -- knock, knock, then sex, cake, bucks, kreks, feks, peks.
Genetically modified mice either lack a specific gene or gene-pair (knock-out mice) or carry a piece of foreign DNA integrated into their own chromosomes (transgenic mice), and are used to deduce the functions of particular genes.
The IMF program may also help knock down roadblocks to privatizing Turk Telecom, and the whiff of instability may inspire Europe to push Turkey's membership in the EU ahead.
Now, the government is trying to counter the risk of a disorderly deleveraging that would damage the Chinese economy and produce significant knock-on effects for the rest of the world.
But, as US monetary policy follows the path of interest-rate normalization, there could well be knock-on effects, both economic and financial, especially in the form of currency volatility and destabilizing outflows from emerging economies.
While the Fed's rate hike, prudently accompanied by an emphasis on small and gradual steps, may not turn out to be a trigger, the concerns about the knock-on effects are legitimate.
Everyone listens half awake for the dreaded knock on the door.
Educational voucher programs, for example, took a knock when careful analysis of a Chilean program found no positive effect on students' performance.
A number of countries have already been forced into drastic budget cuts, which have had a knock-on effect on standards of living.
Troubled countries knock on the Fund's door for financial assistance only when all other creditors have turned their backs.
These questions, with all the knock-on effects in East and West Asia, must be tackled in the run-up to discussions about the renewal of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 2010.
The fact is that nature is already being bought and sold, mined and marketed at knock-down prices that fail to capture its real worth, especially to the livelihoods of the poor.
His task was to knock the rag-tag freedom fighters into an army, but there wasn't time to stop the Soviet advance.

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