Knock | Mean of knock in English Dictionary
/ˈnɑːk/
- Verb
- to hit something (such as a door) with the knuckles of your hand or with a hard object (such as a knocker) in order to get people's attention
- I heard someone knocking (at the door).
- I knocked on the door but no one answered.
- He knocked on the table to call the meeting to order.
- Campaign workers have been knocking on doors throughout the neighborhood. [=have been going to each house or apartment in the neighborhood to talk with the people who live there]
- a talented young singer who is knocking on the door of success [=who is very close to achieving success]
- to hit (something or someone) in a forceful way
- The ball knocked him on the chin.
- knock one stick against another = knock two sticks together
- She knocked the glass from his hand.
- He knocked the baseball over the fence.
- The ball hit him in the mouth and knocked out one of his teeth.
- The wind knocked him backwards.
- The wind almost knocked him off his feet. = The wind almost knocked him to the ground. [=the wind hit him so hard that he almost fell to the ground]
- The collision knocked him unconscious/senseless. [=caused him to become unconscious]
- The collision knocked him flying. [=sent him flying through the air]
- to touch or hit someone or something in a way that is not planned or intended
- The dog knocked against the lamp.
- My knee accidentally knocked against the table.
- Skaters were knocking into each other all over the ice.
- I kept knocking against him during the bumpy ride. = He and I kept knocking together during the bumpy ride.
- I accidentally knocked my knee against the table.
- to make (something, such as a hole) by hitting something
- He used a hammer to knock a hole in the wall.
- to criticize (someone or something)
- He's always knocking the government.
- Don't knock it until you've tried it. [=wait until you try something before criticizing it]
- to produce a repeated loud noise
- The engine was knocking.
- The pipes were knocking.
- to spend time in (a place) without having a goal or purpose
- He spent the summer knocking around (in) Europe.
- to spend time with (another person)
- She was knocking around [=hanging around] with her brother.
- to be considered or discussed in an informal way over a period of time
- These ideas have been knocking around [=kicking around] for years.
- to consider or talk about (ideas, plans, etc.) in an informal way
- We knocked the plan around for a while before we came to an agreement.
- They knocked around several possible names for the new car.
- to beat or hit (someone) badly or repeatedly
- The boy was getting knocked around by bullies.
- I really got knocked around at the last staff meeting.
- to be lying somewhere within a general area or place
- That jacket is knocking about/around here somewhere.
- to drink or swallow (an alcoholic drink) quickly
- He stopped at a bar after work to knock back a few beers.
- to cost (someone) a lot of money
- That car must have knocked you back quite a bit. [=you must have spent a lot of money on that car]
- to cause (someone or something) to fall to the ground
- He hit him on the chin and knocked him down.
- The storm knocked down [=knocked over] several big trees.
- Rowdy fans knocked down the fence.
- We're planning to knock down [=remove, demolish] a wall to create a bigger room.
- to hit and injure or kill (a person or animal) with a vehicle
- She was knocked down [=(Brit) knocked over, (US) hit] by a car while crossing the street.
- to reduce or lower (a price, an amount, etc.)
- They knocked down the price of the house by 10 percent.
- He wanted $50 for it but I managed to knock the price down to $45.
- to cause or persuade (someone) to reduce a price
- He wanted $50 for it but I managed to knock him down to $45.
- to receive (an amount of money) as income or salary
- He knocks down almost a million dollars a year.
- to succeed in making (a shot) especially from a long distance
- He was knocking down jump shots.
- to say no to (an idea, plan, proposal, etc.)
- His boss knocked down [=shot down] all of his ideas.
- to take (something) apart
- We knocked the bed down so it would fit in the truck.
- to argue or disagree
- The two of them knocked heads soon after they started working together.
- to use angry or forceful methods to control or punish people
- I am going in there and knock some heads if they don't start behaving.
- I am going to go in there and knock their heads together if they don't start behaving.
- to cause (a run or runner) to score
- He knocked in [=batted in, drove in] a run in the second inning with a double to left field.
- to stop doing something (such as work)
- We are going to knock off for lunch in 10 minutes.
- The boss said we could knock off early today. = The boss said we could knock off work early today.
- Knock off your fighting right now!
- I told you two kids to knock it off!
- to do or make (something) very quickly
- He knocked off 10 paintings in 4 days.
- We are planning to knock this project off in a weekend.
- to take (an amount) away from something
- He agreed to knock off 10 dollars from the price. [=to reduce the price by 10 dollars]
- This shortcut will knock at least 100 miles off the journey.
- to steal money or things from (a bank or store)
- They knocked off [=knocked over] a jewelry store.
- to steal (something)
- They knocked off a lot of valuable merchandise.
- to make a cheaper copy of (something)
- Several other companies knocked off their dress design.
- to kill (someone)
- He tried to knock off two men who owed him money.
- Did she really want to knock her husband off?
- to defeat (someone)
- They knocked off the best team in the league.
- to make (a person or animal) unconscious
- The drug knocked him out.
- The force of the collision knocked him out. [=knocked him cold]
- He hit his head against the table when he fell and knocked himself out.
- to defeat (an opponent) with a punch that knocks the opponent down for a certain amount of time
- He was knocked out in the third round.
- to defeat (an opponent) in a competition so that the opponent cannot continue
- My team was the favorite to win the championship, but we were knocked out (of the competition) in the third round.
- to cause (a pitcher) to be removed from the game by getting many hits
- The starting pitcher was knocked out (of the game) in the fourth inning.
- to cause (something) to stop working
- Missiles knocked out the television station.
- The storm knocked out electricity across the state.
- to produce (something) very quickly
- a musical group that just keeps knocking out hit records
- to make (yourself) very tired by doing work
- They knocked themselves out trying to build a garage.
- I knocked myself out [=I worked very hard] to get the job done on time.
- to make a very strong and good impression on (someone)
- Her beauty just knocks me out. [=I think she is very beautiful]
- Everyone was knocked out by his suggestion. [=everyone liked his suggestion very much]
- to greatly surprise or shock (someone)
- He was knocked over [=overwhelmed] by the news.
- When I found out I had won, you could have knocked me over with a feather. [=I was extremely surprised or astonished]
- to cause (someone) to become unconscious
- He knocked his opponent cold with one punch.
- She was knocked cold [=knocked out] by the collision.
- to hit someone very hard
- I'm so angry I'd like to knock his block off.
- to upset, confuse, or shock (someone) very much
- The news about his mother's accident really knocked him sideways.
- to cause the end or failure of (something)
- The closing of the airport knocked our holiday plans on the head.
- to make or build (something) in a quick or careless way
- a rough table that was knocked together from old pieces of wood
- to make (someone) pregnant
- She got knocked up. [=she got pregnant]
- to wake (someone) by knocking on a door
- knocked him up at 6 a.m.
- to make or produce (something) quickly
- knock up a quick meal
- Noun
- a hard, sharp hit
- He gave him a knock on the head.
- the sound made by a hard hit
- There was a loud knock at the door.
- an experience that makes you less confident or successful for a period of time
- She took some knocks early in her career.
- Most performers have their share of knocks [=setbacks] on their way to stardom.
- a critical or negative comment
- He likes praise but can't stand the knocks.
- The knock against her is that she can't win the important matches. [=people say that she cannot win the important matches]
- One of the knocks against television is that there are too many commercials.
- a loud noise produced by an engine when it is not working properly
- We heard a knock in the engine.
- a type of fuel that reduces engine knock
- difficult or painful experiences that people have in their lives or careers
- He has taken plenty of hard knocks in his life.
- The school of hard knocks [=the difficult experiences in his life] taught him how to be tough.