Knocknoun
An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
‘I heard a knock on my door.’;
Shockproofadjective
Made sturdily enough to withstand knocks and shocks without being damaged.
‘My shockproof watch stood up to everything it reasonably could be expected to and kept ticking; but dropping it down an elevator shaft is asking too much.’;
Knocknoun
A sharp impact.
‘He took a knock on the head.’;
Shockproofadjective
Protected from imparting electric shocks.
Knocknoun
(figuratively) Criticism.
Shockproofverb
(transitive) To protect from imparting electric shocks.
Knocknoun
(automotive) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
Shockproof
Shockproof is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Cornel Wilde. Wilde and Knight were husband and wife during filming.
Knocknoun
(cricket) A batsman's innings.
‘He played a slow but sure knock of 35.’;
Knocknoun
(cycling) hunger knock
Knockverb
To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
Knockverb
To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
‘Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.’;
Knockverb
To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
Knockverb
To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
Knockverb
To bump or impact.
‘I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.’; ‘I accidentally knocked my drink off the bar.’;
Knockverb
(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
‘Knock on the door and find out if they’re home.’;
Knockverb
To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.
Knockverb
To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
‘For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.’; ‘Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.’;
Knockverb
To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously.
Knockverb
To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.
‘When heroes knock their knotty heads together.’;
Knockverb
To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
‘Master, knock the door hard.’;
Knockverb
To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
Knockverb
To criticise; to find fault with; to disparage.
Knocknoun
A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
Knocknoun
A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.
‘A loud cry or some great knock.’;
Knocknoun
the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing);
‘the knocking grew louder’;
Knocknoun
negative criticism
Knocknoun
a vigorous blow;
‘the sudden knock floored him’; ‘he took a bash right in his face’; ‘he got a bang on the head’;
Knocknoun
a bad experience;
‘the school of hard knocks’;
Knocknoun
the act of hitting vigorously;
‘he gave the table a whack’;
Knockverb
deliver a sharp blow or push :
‘He knocked the glass clear across the room’;
Knockverb
rap with the knuckles;
‘knock on the door’;
Knockverb
knock against with force or violence;
‘My car bumped into the tree’;
Knockverb
make light, repeated taps on a surface;
‘he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently’;
Knockverb
sound like a car engine that is firing too early;
‘the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline’; ‘The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded’;
Knockverb
find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws;
‘The paper criticized the new movie’; ‘Don't knock the food--it's free’;