knock

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Synonyms: knack, nock, knick, knuck, kneck, kock, knoch, knork, klock, krock, knoc

Antonyms: knack, nock, knick, knuck, kneck, kock, knoch, knork, klock, krock, knoc

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Noun

1. An [[abrupt]] [[rapping#Noun|rapping]] [[sound#Noun|sound]], as from an [[impact#Noun|impact]] of a [[hard]] [[object#Noun|object]] against [[wood]].
2. A [[sharp#Adjective|sharp]] impact.
3. {{lb|en|figuratively|informal}} A [[criticism]].
4. {{lb|en|figuratively|informal}} A [[blow]] or [[setback]].
5. {{lb|en|automotive|uncountable}} {{cap|preignition}}, a type of [[abnormal]] [[combustion]] [[occur]]ring in [[spark#Noun|spark]] [[ignition]] [[engine]]s caused by self-ignition; also, the [[characteristic]] knocking sound associated with it.
6. {{lb|en|cricket|slang}} A [[batsman]]'s [[innings]].
7. {{lb|en|baseball}} A ball hit into play, especially one that becomes a [[hit]].
8. {{lb|en|cycling|uncountable}} {{synonym of|en|hunger knock}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To rap one's [[knuckle#Noun|knuckles]] against something, especially [[wood]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To [[strike#Verb|strike]] for [[admittance]]; to [[rap#Verb|rap]] upon, as a [[door]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive|colloquial|originally|US}} To [[criticize]] [[verbally]]; to [[denigrate]]; to [[undervalue#Verb|undervalue]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive|soccer}} To [[kick#Verb|kick]] a [[ball#Noun|ball]] towards another [[player]]; to [[pass#Verb|pass]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive|baseball}} To [[hit#Verb|hit]] a ball into [[play]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive|Britain|slang|dated}} To [[impress]] [[forcibly]] or [[strongly]]; to [[astonish]]; to [[move#Verb|move]] to [[admiration]] or [[applause]].
7. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|dated}} To [[bump#Verb|bump]] or [[impact#Verb|impact]].
8. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[have sex]] with.
9. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[prosecute#Verb|prosecute]] under the [[law#Noun|law]]; to [[arrest#Verb|arrest]], [[imprison#Verb|imprison]], etc.
10. {{lb|en|intransitive|card games|rummy}} To end [[play]] by declaring one's [[hand]] to have under a certain amount of [[deadwood]].

Proper noun

1. {{place|en|suburb|and ward in|city/Belfast|p/Northern Ireland}}.
2. {{place|en|townland|cpar/Drumcliff|co/Clare|c/Ireland}}.
3. {{place|en|town/and/civil parish|co/Mayo|c/Ireland}}, location of the {{w|Knock Shrine}}.
4. {{place|en|settlement|carea/Moray|cc/Scotland}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref NJ5552}}. <ref>[https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/knock-moray OS: Moray]</ref>
5. {{place|en|village|on the Isle of|isl/Lewis|carea/Western Isles|cc/Scotland}} {{q|OS grid ref NB4931}}.
6. {{place|en|village|par/Long Marton|x/Westmorland and Furness|co/Cumbria|cc/England|previously in|dist/Eden}} {{q|OS grid ref NY6827}}.
7. {{surname|en}}.

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