knocking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: knocking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for knocking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knocking n the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); "the knocking grew louder" Synonym(s): knock, knocking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Dryden. Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. --Matt. vii. 7. {To knock about}, to go about, taking knocks or rough usage; to wander about; to saunter. [Colloq.] [bd]Knocking about town.[b8] --W. Irving. {To knock up}, to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn out, as with labor; to give out. [bd]The horses were beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe service.[b8] --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knocking \Knock"ing\, n. A beating; a rap; a series of raps. The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the ground by the Chinese worshiper. --H. Spencer.