knock

Speech parts

1. knock - Noun

2. knock - Verb

3. Knock - Proper noun

Meaning

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.

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.

To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.

A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.

A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bang rap tap bump criticize bash belt slam hit strike beat pound smash roast slap
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Antonyms

sentinel back support adore recto smooch
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Hypernyms

sound hit criticism strike blow notice

Hyponyms

savage snipe attack rag round assault

Phrases with the word

knock out knock socks off hard-knock don't knock it till you've tried it don't knock yourself out knock-'em-downs

Derivatives

knocked knocking

Examples

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. George Bernard Shaw

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone you love. Woody Allen

They use a wedge to knock out a wedge. Russian Proverb

To protest and knock one's head against the wall is what everybody can do. Italian Proverb

You must knock a long while against an alder-bush before you get a swarm of bees out of it. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Knoch Knoche Knochenhauer spiral knock 'em dead knock a buzzard off a gut wagon knock a buzzard off a shit wagon