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What is Knock?
- To strike with a hard blow.
Mit einem harten Schlag zuschlagen.
- To affect in a specified way by striking hard: knocked the mugger senseless.
Auf eine bestimmte Weise zu beeinflussen, indem man hart zuschlägt: schlug den Räuber sinnlos.
- To cause to collide: I knocked my head on a low beam.
Zur Kollision: Ich stieß mit dem Kopf gegen ein Abblendlicht.
- To produce by hitting or striking: knocked a hole in the wall.
Herstellen durch Schlagen oder Schlagen: ein Loch in die Wand schlagen.
- To instill with or as if with blows: We tried to knock some sense into his head.
Mit oder wie mit Schlägen einflößen: Wir haben versucht, ihm etwas Vernunft in den Kopf zu hauen.
- Slang To find fault with; criticize: Don't knock the food; it's free.
Slang, an dem man etwas auszusetzen hat; kritisieren: Klopfen Sie nicht auf das Essen; Es ist kostenlos.
- To strike a sharp audible blow or series of blows, as on a door.
Einen scharfen, hörbaren Schlag oder eine Reihe von Schlägen ausführen, wie an einer Tür.
- To collide with something: knocked into the table.
Mit etwas kollidieren: auf den Tisch geschlagen.
- To make a pounding or clanking noise: The car engine is knocking.
Um ein hämmerndes oder klirrendes Geräusch zu machen: Der Motor des Autos klopft.
- An instance of striking or colliding; a blow.
- The sound of a sharp tap on a hard surface; a rap.
- A pounding or clanking noise made by an engine, often as a result of faulty fuel combustion. Also called ping1.
- Slang A cutting, often petty criticism.
- around Informal To be rough or brutal with; maltreat.
- around Informal To wander from place to place: knocking around Europe.
- around Informal To discuss or consider: met to knock around some ideas.
- knock back Informal To gulp (an alcoholic drink).
- knock down To bring to the ground with a blow; topple.
- knock down To disassemble into parts, as for storage or shipping.
- knock down To declare sold at an auction, as by striking a blow with a gavel.
- knock down Informal To reduce, as in price: knocked each radio down 20 percent.
- knock down Slang To receive as wages; earn: knocks down $50 an hour.
- knock off To take a break or rest from; stop: knocked off work at noon.
- knock off To cease work: It's after five; let's knock off.
- knock off Informal To complete, accomplish, or dispose of hastily or easily; finish: That author knocks off a book a year.