knocked out


verb (used without object)
to strike in collision; bump: He knocked into a table.
verb (used with object)
to strike (a thing) against something else.
Informal. to criticize, especially in a carping manner: He's always knocking everything.
British Slang. to astound; impress greatly.
an act or instance of knocking.
a blow or thump.
Informal. an adverse criticism.
Cricket. an innings.
British Slang.
an auction at which this is done.
Verb phrases
knock around/about, Informal.
to wander aimlessly or idly; loaf.
to mistreat (someone), especially physically.
to jar; shake up.
knock back, Slang. to drink (a beverage), especially quickly and heartily: He knocked back two shots of vodka.
knock down,
Slang. to embezzle or steal (money).
knock off,
Informal. to cease activity, especially work: to knock off at five every day.
to stop doing something; quit: Knock it off or you'll get into a mess.
Slang. to dispose of; finish.
Slang. to murder; kill.
Slang. to die.
Slang. to get rid of; reduce.
Slang. to disable or defeat.
Slang. to commit a robbery at; steal from: The gang knocked off a gas station.
knock out,
Informal. to produce quickly, hurriedly, or with ease: He knocks out two poems a day.
knock ( def 28 ).
knock over,
to distress; overcome: When the announcement came we were completely knocked over.
Slang. to rob, burglarize, or hijack: He knocked over five banks.
knock up,
Slang. to make pregnant.
to exhaust; weary; tire.
to damage; mar: The children knocked up the new table.
to injure; wound: He was afraid to come home from school all knocked up again.
British. to wake up; rouse; call: He knocked us up before dawn.
have it knocked, Slang. to be assured of success: With a government job, he thought he had it knocked.
knock the/one's socks off, Informal. to have an overwhelming effect on: The song knocked the socks off the audience.


knockless, adjective
reknock, verb
unknocked, adjective
unknocking, adjective

1. See strike. Unabridged
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World English Dictionary
knock (nɒk)
vb (usually foll by against)
4.  to collide (with)
12.  knock on the head
 b.  the sound so caused
14.  the sound of knocking in an engine or bearing
15.  informal a misfortune, rebuff, or setback
16.  informal unfavourable criticism

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Word Origin & History

out "make a great effort" is from 1936. Knock-kneed first attested 1774. Command knock it off "stop it" is first recorded 1902. Knocker "door banger" is from 1598; knockers "a woman's breasts" is from 1941. Knock up is 1663 in sense of "arouse by knocking at the door;" however it is little used in this sense in Amer.Eng., where the phrase means "get a woman pregnant" (1813), possibly ult. from knock "to copulate with" (1598; cf. slang knocking-shop "brothel," 1860).
"Knocked up in the United States, amongst females, the phrase is equivalent to being enciente, so that Englishmen often unconsciously commit themselves when amongst our Yankee cousins." [John Camden Hotten, "The Slang Dictionary," London, 1860]
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Slang Dictionary

knock definition

  1. tv.
    to criticize someone or something. : Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.
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knocked out definition

  1. mod.
    exhausted. : We were all knocked out at the end of the day.
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Bible Dictionary

Knock definition


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