Definition von knock knock im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- A phrase used in lieu of knocking (e.g. on the door), when it is not possible to knock
- A phrase used to introduce a "knock knock joke"
Knock knock./Who's there?/Wendy./Wendy who?/Wendy you want to open the door?.
- knock-knock joke
- knock knock joke
- Alternative spelling of knock-knock joke
- knock knock jokes
- plural form of knock knock joke
- knock knocks
- plural form of knock knock
- knock knock joke
- The knock-knock joke is a type of joke, probably the best-known format of the pun, and is a time-honoured "call and answer" exercise
- diesel knock
- In diesel engines, a repetitive sound when delayed ignition causes sudden high pressures
- don't knock yourself out
- Don't overexert yourself (in doing something that does not require much effort)
I'll get round to it soonish. — Well, don't knock yourself out!.
- knock
- To denigrate, undervalue
Don't knock it until you've tried it.
- knock
- To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood
Knock on the door and find out if they're home.
- knock
- a batsman's innings
He played a slow but sure knock of 35.
- knock
- To pass, kick a ball towards another player
- knock
- An impact
He took a knock on the head.
- knock
- A type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition or the characteristic knocking sound associated with it
- knock
- An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood
I heard a knock on my door.
- knock
- To bump or impact
I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.
- knock Anthony
- Said of an in-kneed person, or one whose knees knock together; to cuff Jonas. (1811 Dictionary of Vulgar Tongue)
- knock a buzzard off a shit wagon
- To smell extremely bad
Your breath could knock a buzzard off a shit wagon!.
- knock about
- To hit someone, or behave violently towards them
It was known that he would knock his wife about when he had been drinking.''.
- knock about
- To be in an unknown place
I've got some scissors knocking about somewhere in the kitchen.
- knock about
- an informal game, usually football
- knock about
- to spend time with someone as a friend
I used to knock about with John when we were younger.
- knock about
- To do a relaxing activity
I like to knock about the garden on Saturdays.
- knock around
- To do a relaxing activity
I like to knock around the garden on Saturdays.
- knock around
- to spend time with someone as a friend
I used to knock around with John when we were younger.
- knock around
- To be in an unknown place
I've got some scissors knocking around somewhere in the kitchen.
- knock around
- To hit someone, or behave violently towards them
It was known that he would knock his wife around when he had been drinking.''.
- knock back
- to stun, surprise
I was knocked back by the sheer size of the hall.
- knock back
- To drink an alcoholic beverage swiftly or often
- knock box
- A small container usually provided with a bar used to empty espresso grounds by pounding a portafilter against the sides or the bar
- knock boxes
- plural form of knock box
- knock down
- To demolish
We knocked down the garden shed when we moved.
- knock down
- At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel
The picture was knocked down for £50.
- knock down
- To drink fast
I love to go down the pub and knock down pints of lager.
- knock down
- To reduce the price of
They knocked it down by another £5, so we bought it.
- knock down
- To hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls
As I took the can off the shelf, I knocked down the one beside it.
- knock for a loop
- To astonish; to surprise very much
Poor Janice, she'll be knocked for a loop. - Rabbit at Rest, by John Updike.
- knock it off
- To stop doing something; desist
Would you two please knock it off with the shouting? I'm trying to sleep.
- knock knee
- The medical condition genu valgum
- knock off
- An imitation, especially one of poorer quality
This spreadsheet program is a knock off of VisiCalc.
- knock off
- To kill someone
The mobsters hired the guy to knock off their enemies.
- knock off
- To steal
They decided to knock off a TV set from the community centre.
- knock off
- To bump or hit so that something falls off
Don't knock off the ornament with your clumsy arms.
- knock off
- To reduce or remove
They agreed to knock off 20% of the price.
- knock off
- To quit; stop doing work or other activity. The term originated from the practice aboard slave galleys to have a man beat time for the rowers by knocking on a block or drum; when he stopped, the rowers could rest
I think I'll knock off for the evening and go to bed.
- knock on wood
- To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement
- knock on wood
- A self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck
I do a lot of walking, and I have never had any knee problems yet, knock on wood.
- knock oneself out
- to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in its outcome
I'm going to the store. / Knock yourself out..
- knock oneself out
- To go ahead; to do as one pleases
- knock out
- To strike or bump (someone or something) out
I accidentally knocked out the glass in my picture frame.
- knock out
- To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head
The boxer knocked out his opponent in the third round.
- knock out
- To put to sleep
The allergy pill knocked him out for a good three hours.
- knock out
- To exhaust
Running errands all day really knocked him out.
- knock out
- To complete, especially in haste; knock off
They knocked out the entire project in one night.
- knock out
- To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it
The antitank gun knocked out the enemy tank.
- knock out
- To eliminate
- knock out of the box
- To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting
- knock out of the box
- To cause something to be replaced by something else
- knock over
- To bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it
I knocked over a can of paint and spent the next hour cleaning up.
- knock over
- To rob; to stage a heist
The bandits knocked over another bank, making three this week.
- knock someone's socks off
- To impress greatly; amaze; stun
You wouldn't expect teenagers to sing opera, but these kids will knock your socks off.
- knock the living daylights out of
- To knock out; to hit and cause to be unconscious
- knock together
- To assemble something quickly; to knock up
I'll just knock together a quick Powerpoint demo.
- knock up
- To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out
the horses were beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe service….
- knock up
- To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up
Official Knock up: if the players knock up together a maximum of five minutes shall be permitted; if they knock up separately each player shall be permitted to knock up for a maximum of five minutes.
- knock up
- To exhaust; wear out; weary; beat; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more
The day being exceedingly hot, the want of food had knocked up my followers….
- knock up
- To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up
I didn't knock you up when I came in,’ Peregrine said. ‘There seemed no point. It was getting light. I just thought I’d leave the note to wake me at seven. And oddly enough I did sleep. Heavily.’.
- knock up
- To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up
I guess his summer plans are shot now that he knocked his girlfriend up.
- knock up
- To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. See also knock together
I'll just knock up a quick demo for the sales presentation.
- knock-about
- Attributive form of knock about
knock-about participant.
- knock-for-knock agreement
- An arrangement between multiple insurance companies in which each company pays the losses incurred by its own policy-holders in an event regardless of who was at fault (now, used almost only for motor insurance)
- knock-knee
- Alternative spelling of knock knee
- knock-knock joke
- One of a class of childish jokes told as a dialog, and usually including a pun, in the following form:
Judith like me becauthe I have a lithp? (ie, Do you dislike me because I have a lisp?).
- knock-knock jokes
- plural form of knock-knock joke
- knock-on
- A foul in which a player knocks the ball forward
- knock-on effect
- A secondary, often unintended effect
There are various knock-on effects . PA services, particularly health and education, have deteriorated sharply because of supply shortages and strikes by workers. Much of the time hospitals have been seeing only emergency cases.
- knock-on effect
- The continued running of an engine after the ignition has been turned off; dieseling
- knock-on effects
- plural form of knock-on effect
- knock-up
- A short practise session before a tennis match
- spark knock
- The sound produced, in an internal combustion engine, by the ignition of the fuel-air mixture before the piston reaches top dead centre
- knock
- {n} a sudden or loud stroke, blow, rap
- knock
- {v} to hit, strike, dash, beat, clash, rap
- give someone a knock-back
- (deyim) Reject someone
I found out that Alice gave you a knock-back but it's not the end of the world.
- knock boots
- (deyim) Have sexual intercourse
We hooked up. But we didn't knock boots or anything.
- knock dead
- (deyim) Move strongly especially to admiration or applause: "a comedian who really knocks them dead"
- knock it off
- Stop doing something, quit. "Please knock it off. You are going to hurt yourself if you are not careful."
- knock off
- If you knock off weight , you lose weight
He's knocked off ten pounds in a couple of week , this is better than any diet.
- knock oneself out
- (deyim) Begin doing it. Usually said to show you are unhappy with someone who has complained about your efforts
If you want to make hotel and airline and car reservations and take care of everything, well, then, knock yourself out.
- knock oneself out
- (deyim) To work very hard; make a great effort
1. Mrs. Ross knocked herself out planning her daughter's wedding. 2. Tom knocked himself out to give his guests a good time.
- knock some sense into someone
- (deyim) Strike one, making one smarter, or at least obedient
- knock someone dead
- (deyim) Greatly impress
- knock someone dead
- (deyim) Move strongly especially to admiration or applause: "a comedian who really knocks them dead"
- knock someone for a loop
- Surprise or astonish someone
- knock someone's socks off
- (deyim) Surprise you, perform better than you expect
This music will knock your socks off! It's rock and roll!.
- knock someone's socks off
- Amaze or impress someone
- knock something down
- Destroy something or a part of it
1. The Council plans to knock the library down and replace it with a hotel complex.
2. (FIGURATIVE) She easily knocked down every argument he put up.
- knock the living daylights out
- (deyim) Make someone feel extremely scared
- knock unconscious
- Knock out, knock senseless
- knock yourself out
- (deyim) A term for "Do whatever the hell you want, it doesn't bother me"
- knock yourself out
- (deyim) Begin doing it. Usually said to show you are unhappy with someone who has complained about your efforts
- knock-back
- A refusal or setback
- knock-on
- (Rugby) an act of knocking on
- knock-on
- A secondary, indirect, or cumulative effect
- knock-on effect
- 1. (literally) The continued running of an engine after the ignition has been turned off; dieseling.2. (idiomatic, UK) A secondary, often unintended effect.3. An effect that is caused by something that has happened before)
1. If a coach arrives late, it has a knock-on effect on the entire coach station.
2. An effect that is caused by something that has happened before.
