knock
//nɒk//
Forms
- Plural
- knocks
- present (v1)
- knock
- past (v2)
- knocked
- past participle (v3)
- knocked
- present participle
- knocking
- 3rd person singular
- knocks
Definitions
1.An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
2.A sharp impact.
- He took a knock on the head.
3.A criticism.(informal)
4.A blow or setback.(informal)
- "Come on!" cried Mr. Beaver, who was almost dancing with delight. "Come and see! This is a nasty knock for the Witch! It looks as if her power was already crumbling."
1.To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
- Knock on the door and find out if they’re home.
2.To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.(colloquial)
- Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
- “And what do you care when some folks start knocking you? It’s a sign you getting some place.”
- The pious have sometimes knocked the day [Thanksgiving] for its laughter, its late sleeping, its overeating.
3.To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
4.To hit a ball into play.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2005
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English knokken, from Old English cnocian, ġecnocian, ġecnucian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *knew- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-, *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”).