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59 words match “KNOCK”

KNOCK v. 6 definitions

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

A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.

Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking. [Written also knack-kneed.]

KNOCK-OFF a. 3 definitions

That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off.

KNOCK-OUT n. 2 definitions

Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out.

KNOCK-OUT DROPS n.

Drops of some drug put in one's drink to stupefy him for purpose of robbery, etc. [Slang, U. S.]

KNOCKABOUT a. 6 definitions

Marked by knocking about or roughness.

KNOCKDOWN n. 2 definitions

A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.

One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance. Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead. Pope.

A beating; a rap; a series of raps. The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the ground by the Chinese worshiper. H. Spencer.

Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.

A block upon which ore is broken up.

BALL n. 2 definitions

A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.

To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blaows; to knock vigorously or loudly. The men of the city . . . beat at the door. Judges. xix. 22.

A beef; a beef creature. They would knock down the first beeve they met with. W. Irving.

k or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface. Barrels with the bottom knocked out. Macaulay. No two chairs were alike; such high backs and low backs and leather bottoms and worsted bottoms. W. Irving.

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly. Another bounces as hard as he can knock. Swift. Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart. Dryden.

ed to death with turnipsShak. To bowl (a player) out, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling.

ght or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish. Hector shall have a great catch if he knock out either of your brains. Shak.

To strike; to knock; to rap. [Scot.]