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Knock

nɒk

Knock definitions

verb

Inflections:

knock knocked knocking knocks

strike a surface noisily to attract attention, especially when waiting to be let in through a door

"he strolled over and knocked on a door marked Enquiries"

Synonyms:
bang tap rap thump pound hammer
- strike or thump together or against something
  
  "her heart knocked painfully behind her ribs"
- (of a motor or other engine) make a regular thumping or rattling noise, e.g. through pinking
collide with (someone or something), giving them a hard blow

"he deliberately ran against her, knocking her shoulder"

Synonyms:
collide with bump into bang into knock against hit strike be in collision with run into crash into smash into plough into slam into dash against ram jolt
- force to move or fall with a deliberate or accidental blow or collision
  
  "he was hit from behind and knocked off his bike"
- injure or damage by striking
  
  "she knocked her knee painfully on the table"
- make (a hole or a dent) in something by striking it forcefully
  
  "you'll need to knock a hole in the wall"
- demolish the barriers between (rooms or buildings)
  
  "two of the downstairs rooms had been knocked into one"
talk disparagingly about; criticize

Synonyms:
criticize find fault with run down disparage belittle depreciate deprecate detract from give a bad press to cast aspersions on scoff at deride jeer at carp at cavil at
approach (a specified age)

"he's younger than his brother—knocking seventy"