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Definition knock

Etymology

From Middle English knocken, knokken, from Old English cnocian, ?ecnocian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *knuk?n? (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *kneu- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”). The English word is cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to hit”), Old English cnuian, cnuwian (“to pound, knock”), Old Norse knoka (compare Danish knuge, Swedish knocka (“to hug”)).

Noun

knock (countable and uncountable, plural knocks)

1. An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
2. A sharp impact.
3. (figuratively) Criticism.
4. (automotive) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
5. (cricket) A batsman's innings.
6. (cycling) Synonym of hunger knock

Verb

knock (third-person singular simple present knocks, present participle knocking, simple past and past participle knocked)

1. (transitive, dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
2. (transitive, colloquial) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
3. (transitive, soccer) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
4. (transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
5. (transitive, intransitive, dated) To bump or impact.
6. (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.

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