Knock vs. Shockproof — What's the Difference?

To strike with a hard blow

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.

To affect in a specified way by striking hard

Constructed or designed to withstand blows or jarring.

To cause to be displaced or unengaged; force

Made sturdily enough to withstand knocks and shocks without being damaged.

To cause to collide

Protected from imparting electric shocks.

To produce by hitting or striking

(transitive) To protect from imparting electric shocks.

(Informal) To find fault with; criticize

To strike a sharp audible blow or series of blows, as on a door.

To collide with something

To make a pounding or clanking noise

An instance of striking or colliding.

The sound of a sharp blow on a hard surface.

A pounding or clanking noise made by an engine, often as a result of faulty fuel combustion. Also called ping.

(Slang) A cutting, often petty criticism.

An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.

A sharp impact.

(figuratively) A criticism.

(figuratively) 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.

(cricket) A batsman's innings.

Synonym of hunger knock

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 impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.

To bump or impact.

(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.

To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously.

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.

To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.

To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.

To criticise; to find fault with; to disparage.

A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.

A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.

The sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing);

Negative criticism

A vigorous blow;

A bad experience;

The act of hitting vigorously;

Deliver a sharp blow or push :

Rap with the knuckles;

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;