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English Dictionary: knock by the DICT Development Group
7 results for knock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knock
n
  1. the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); "the knocking grew louder"
    Synonym(s): knock, knocking
  2. negative criticism
    Synonym(s): knock, roast
  3. a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
    Synonym(s): knock, bash, bang, smash, belt
  4. a bad experience; "the school of hard knocks"
  5. the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
    Synonym(s): knock, belt, rap, whack, whang
v
  1. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"
    Synonym(s): knock, strike hard
  2. rap with the knuckles; "knock on the door"
  3. knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree"
    Synonym(s): bump, knock
  4. make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
    Synonym(s): tap, rap, knock, pink
  5. 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"
    Synonym(s): pink, ping, knock
  6. 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"
    Synonym(s): knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
    Antonym(s): praise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knock \Knock\ (n[ocr]k), v. t.
      1. 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.
  
                     When heroes knock their knotty heads together.
                                                                              --Rowe.
  
      2. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
  
                     Master, knock the door hard.               --Shak.
  
      {To knock down}.
            (a) To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by
                  blows; as, to knock down an assailant.
            (b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or
                  knock; to knock off.
  
      {To knock in the head}, [or] {on the head}, to stun or kill
            by a blow upon the head; hence, to put am end to; to
            defeat, as a scheme or project; to frustrate; to quash.
            [Colloq.] -- {To knock off}.
            (a) To force off by a blow or by beating.
            (b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the
                  counter.
            (c) To leave off (work, etc.). [Colloq.] -- {To knock
      out}, to force out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out
            the brains.
  
      {To knock up}.
            (a) To arouse by knocking.
            (b) To beat or tire out; to fatigue till unable to do
                  more; as, the men were entirely knocked up. [Colloq.]
                  [bd]The day being exceedingly hot, the want of food
                  had knocked up my followers.[b8] --Petherick.
            (c) (Bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape
                  into book form, as printed sheets.

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]:
   Knock \Knock\, n.
      1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
  
      2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. [bd] A knock
            at the door.[b8] --Longfellow.
  
                     A loud cry or some great knock.         --Holland.
  
      {Knock off}, a device in a knitting machine to remove loops
            from the needles.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knock \Knock\, v. i.
      To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize
      habitually or captiously. [Vulgar Slang, U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knock \Knock\, v. t.
      To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to
      admiration or applause. [Slang, Eng.]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Knock
      "Though Orientals are very jealous of their privacy, they never
      knock when about to enter your room, but walk in without warning
      or ceremony. It is nearly impossible to teach an Arab servant to
      knock at your door. They give warning at the outer gate either
      by calling or knocking. To stand and call is a very common and
      respectful mode. Thus Moses commanded the holder of a pledge to
      stand without and call to the owner to come forth (Deut. 24:10).
      This was to avoid the violent intrusion of cruel creditors.
      Peter stood knocking at the outer door (Acts 12:13, 16), and the
      three men sent to Joppa by Cornelius made inquiry and 'stood
      before the gate' (10:17, 18). The idea is that the guard over
      your privacy is to be placed at the entrance."
     
         Knocking is used as a sign of importunity (Matt. 7:7, 8; Luke
      13:25), and of the coming of Christ (Luke 12:36; Rev. 3:20).
     
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