knock-Knock: meaning, definitions and translations

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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.
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  • The sound of a sharp tap on a hard surface; a rap.
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  • A pounding or clanking noise made by an engine, often as a result of faulty fuel combustion. Also called ping1.
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  • Slang A cutting, often petty criticism.
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  • around Informal To be rough or brutal with; maltreat.
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  • around Informal To wander from place to place: knocking around Europe.
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  • around Informal To discuss or consider: met to knock around some ideas.
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  • knock back Informal To gulp (an alcoholic drink).
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  • knock down To bring to the ground with a blow; topple.
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  • knock down To disassemble into parts, as for storage or shipping.
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  • knock down To declare sold at an auction, as by striking a blow with a gavel.
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  • knock down Informal To reduce, as in price: knocked each radio down 20 percent.
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  • knock down Slang To receive as wages; earn: knocks down $50 an hour.
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  • knock off To take a break or rest from; stop: knocked off work at noon.
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  • knock off To cease work: It's after five; let's knock off.
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  • knock off Informal To complete, accomplish, or dispose of hastily or easily; finish: That author knocks off a book a year.
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