knock

I

n.

thumping noise

1) engine knock

2) a gentle; loud knock

3) a knock at, on (a knock at/on the door)

blow

(colloq.)

4) hard knocks (she has taken some hard knocks in her life)

II

v.

1) ('to rap') to knock loudly

2) (colloq. ) (d; intr.) ('to wander') to knock about, around (he knocked around the western part of the state for a few months)

3) (d; intr., tr.) ('to strike') to knock against (she knocked her head against the ceiling)

4) (D; intr.) ('to rap') to knock at, on (to knock at/on the door)

5) (d; tr.) ('to pound') to knock into (to knock some sense into smb.'s head)

6) (d; tr.) to knock off ('to fell') (he knocked me off my feet)

7) (d; tr.) ('to remove') to knock out of (the impact knocked two teeth out of his mouth)

8) (N; used with an adjective) ('to render by striking') to knock smb. cold

9) (P; tr.) ('to render by striking') she knocked me down

10) (misc.) knock it off! (slang) ('stop!')

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[nɒk]

loud knock

around (he knocked around the western part of the state for a few months)

on (to knock at/on the door)

('to rap') to knock loudly

(D; intr.) ('to rap') to knock at

(N; used with an adjective) ('to render by striking') to knock smb. cold

(P; tr.) ('to render by striking') she knocked me down

(colloq.) (d; intr.) ('to wander') to knock about

['thumping noise'] engine knock

a gentle

a knock at

(misc.) knock it off! ('stop!'; slang)

(d; tr.) to knock off (he knocked me off my feet; 'to fell')

['blow'] (colloq.) hard knocks (she has taken some hard knocks in her life)

(d; intr., tr.) ('to strike') to knock against (she knocked her head against the ceiling)

(d; tr.) ('to remove') to knock out of (the impact knocked two teeth out of his mouth)

(d; tr.) ('to pound') to knock into (to knock some sense into smb. 's head)