knock

Plural: knocks

Noun

• the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
  • "the knocking grew louder"
• negative criticism
• a vigorous blow
  • "the sudden knock floored him"
• a bad experience
  • "the school of hard knocks"
• the act of hitting vigorously
• An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
• A sharp impact.
• A criticism.
• A blow or setback.
• Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
• A batsman's innings.
• A ball hit into play, especially one that becomes a hit.
• Synonym of hunger knock.

Verb

Verb Forms: knocked, knocking, knocks

• To strike a surface sharply, often to gain attention.
• deliver a sharp blow or push :
  • "He knocked the glass clear across the room"
• rap with the knuckles
  • "knock on the door"
• knock against with force or violence
• make light, repeated taps on a surface
• sound like a car engine that is firing too early
• find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
  • "Don't knock the food--it's free"
• To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
• To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
• To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
• To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
• To hit a ball into play.
• To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
• To bump or impact.
• To have sex with.
• To prosecute under the law; to arrest, imprison, etc.
• To end play by declaring one's hand to have under a certain amount of deadwood.

Examples

• Don’t KNOCK an opponent’s word choice; focus on your own game-winning plays.
• Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
• He had a good knock and scored well.
• He played a slow but sure knock of 35.
• He took a knock on the head.
• I accidentally knocked my drink off the bar.
• I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.
• Knock on the door and find out if they’re home.

Synonyms

bang, bash, belt, bump, criticise, criticize, knocking, pick apart, ping, pink, rap, roast, smash, strike hard, tap, whack, whang, Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with", Formal terms, Informal and slang terms, ball, bauf, be with, bed, beep, boff, boink, bone, bonk, boom-boom, coit, coitize, dick, diddle, dig out, dight, do, doink, drill, eff, enjoy, expletive deleted, feague, feck, fill, frack, frak, frick, frig, fuck, get into someone's pants, get over on, get up in, give someone one, give someone the time, go in unto, go to bed with, go with, have, have one's way with, have one's wicked way with, hit, hump, hunger knock, jape, jump, jump someone's bones, knob, knock, knock off, know, know someone in the biblical sense, lay, lie by, lie with, love, love up, make, mount, nail, occupy, penetrate, plough, plug, poke, pork, pound, prig, pump, ream, rock, roger, root, run through, rut, sard, schlong, screw, season, seduce, see to, service, shaft, shag, shelve, slay, sleep with, slip it to, smush, stallionize, swive, take, tup, wap

Antonyms

praise

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