Определение knock в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- To denigrate, undervalue
Don't knock it until you've tried it.
- To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood
Knock on the door and find out if they're home.
- a batsman's innings
He played a slow but sure knock of 35.
- To pass, kick a ball towards another player
- A type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition or the characteristic knocking sound associated with it
- An impact
He took a knock on the head.
- An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood
I heard a knock on my door.
- To bump or impact
I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.
- {n} a sudden or loud stroke, blow, rap
- {v} to hit, strike, dash, beat, clash, rap
- If you knock something or someone, you criticize them and say unpleasant things about them. I'm not knocking them: if they want to do it, it's up to them
- {i} tap; strike; criticism (Slang)
- to knock something on the head: see head to knock someone or something into shape: see shape
- deliver a sharp blow or push : "He knocked the glass clear across the room"
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"
- If someone knocks two rooms or buildings into one, or knocks them together, they make them form one room or building by removing a wall. They decided to knock the two rooms into one The spacious kitchen was achieved by knocking together three small rooms
- Gaelic cnoc, a round hill, hillock or knoll In general the initial k or c is no longer sounded, but in parts of the West Highlands cnoc may be sounded as 'croc' and is both sounded and written 'cronk' in the Isle of Man
- a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
- find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free"
- A noise within an engine generally caused by detonation or preignition
- Check
- To knock someone into a particular position or condition means to hit them very hard so that they fall over or become unconscious. The third wave was so strong it knocked me backwards Someone had knocked him unconscious
- To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door
- To rap ones knuckles against something, especially wood
- To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause
- a bad experience; "the school of hard knocks"
- the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
- rap with the knuckles; "knock on the door
- To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table
- {f} tap; strike; bump; criticize (Slang); stun (Slang)
- to tap the table (an improper way of passing)
- If someone receives a knock, they have an unpleasant experience which prevents them from achieving something or which causes them to change their attitudes or plans. What they said was a real knock to my self-confidence = blow
- negative criticism a bad experience; "the school of hard knocks"
- the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" negative criticism a bad experience; "the school of hard knocks" the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); "the knocking grew louder" a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" deliver a sharp blow or push : "He knocked the glass clear across the room" rap with the knuckles; "knock on the door
- To knock a particular quality or characteristic out of someone means to make them lose it. The stories of his links with the actress had knocked the fun out of him Those people hurt me and knocked my confidence
- If you knock on something such as a door or window, you hit it, usually several times, to attract someone's attention. She went directly to Simon's apartment and knocked on the door He knocked before going in. Knock is also a noun. They heard a knock at the front door. + knocking knock·ing They were wakened by a loud knocking at the door
- If you knock something, you touch or hit it roughly, especially so that it falls or moves. She accidentally knocked the tea tin off the shelf Isabel rose so abruptly that she knocked down her chair Knock is also a noun. The bags have tough exterior materials to protect against knocks, rain and dust
- To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another
- A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap
- a batsmans innings
- To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously
- 1 an action consisting of knocking the table lightly instead of verbally saying pass, which represents an improper way of passing; 2 an informal method of Alerting, albeit ambiguous, since the next player could assume that it means the call pass
- the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); "the knocking grew louder"
- rap with the knuckles; "knock on the door"
- A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar
- A wind shift that forces a boat to sail below its mean wind course
- negative criticism
- make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
- frape
- knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree"
- To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door
- To end a hand by laying down one's cards, arranged in melds and deadwood
- 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 knock
- A phrase used in lieu of knocking (e.g. on the door), when it is not possible to knock
- knock 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
- 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 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
- Attributive form of knock knock
knock-knock joke.
- 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
- 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 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
- 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.
- knocked
- Simple past tense and past participle of knock
- knocking
- Present participle of knock
- knocking
- An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
- knock back
- drink in one swallow
- knock back
- If you knock back a drink, especially an alcoholic one, you drink it quickly, and often in large amounts. He was knocking back his 10th gin and tonic of the day She poured some vodka into a glass and knocked it back in two swallows
- knock back
- cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"
- knock back
- If an event, situation, or person knocks you back, they prevent you from progressing or achieving something. It seemed as though every time we got rolling something came along to knock us back That really knocked back any hope for further peace negotiations. = set back
- knock down
- To hit a fence, gate, or any other obstacle, causing it to fall
- knock down
- cause to come or go down; "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"; "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"
- knock down
- cause to fall over; defeat
- knock down
- Furniture sold unassembled or partially assembled
- knock down
- Any parts of a building which can be easily assembled, installed, or removed, such as certain types of window frames, partitions, etc
- knock down
- To knock down a building or part of a building means to demolish it. Why doesn't he just knock the wall down? They have since knocked down the shack. = pull down
- knock down
- To knock down a price or amount means to decrease it. The market might abandon the stock, and knock down its price It manages to knock rents down to $1 per square foot
- knock down
- This term refers to a hit fence, gate, or any other obstacle, causing it to fall
- knock down
- When dog dislodges pole from hurdle or brick from top of wall
- knock down
- knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"
- knock down
- To reduce the flame or heat on the more vigorously burning parts of a fire edge
- knock down
- Portable window frames or partitions which are easily taken apart moving
- knock down
- If someone is knocked down or is knocked over by a vehicle or its driver, they are hit by a car and fall to the ground, and are often injured or killed. He died in hospital after being knocked down by a car A drunk driver knocked down and killed two girls A car knocked him over. = run over
- knock it off
- stop it, quit it, don't do that anymore (Slang)
- knock off
- stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"
- knock off
- When you knock off, you finish work at the end of the day or before a break. If I get this report finished I'll knock off early
- knock off
- If you knock something off a list or document, you remove it. Tighter rules for benefit entitlement have knocked many people off the unemployment register
- knock off
- take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
- knock off
- cut the price of
- knock off
- {f} stop work or any activity; bump off, come into contact with something and cause it to fall; cut the price of something; (Slang) waste, kill a person
- knock off
- unlicensed copy of a retail product that is offered at a lower price than the original
- knock off
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"
- knock off
- write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husdband saying she would not be home for supper"
- knock off
- To knock off an amount from a price, time, or level means to reduce it by that amount. Udinese have knocked 10% off admission prices When pressed they knock off 10 per cent
- knock on
- (rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul)
- knock oneself out
- make an enormous effort, try very hard, go the extra mile (Informal)
- knock out
- An event that causes a Pokémon to be removed from play A Knock Out occurs when the amount of damage on a Pokémon exceeds its health points When a Pokémon is Knocked Out, the opposing player takes one of his prizes
- knock out
- An area of the image masked out so it does not print
- knock out
- To knock someone out means to cause them to become unconscious or to go to sleep. The three drinks knocked him out He had never been knocked out in a professional fight
- knock out
- To clear an area of absolutely every printing dot; or to outline an image and drop out all dots surrounding it
- knock out
- overwhelm with admiration; "All the guys were knocked out by her charm"
- knock out
- overwhelm with admiration; "All the guys were knocked out by her charm
- knock out
- To mask out an image
- knock out
- logo or image knocks out every layer behind, to print on white background or not overprint on a certain color
- knock out
- The removal (or knock out) of the color in an area, allowing the background or page color to show through
- knock out
- force out so as to establish lower cards
- knock out
- A term used to describe the condensate flow rate It can be expressed as gallons per minute (GPM) or pounds mass per minute (lbm/min) (0103)
- knock out
- eliminate; "knock out a target"
- knock out
- A term used to describe the condensate flow rate It can be expressed as gallons per minute (GPM) or pounds mass per minute (lbm/min)
- knock out
- If something is knocked out by enemy action or bad weather, it is destroyed or stops functioning because of it. Our bombers have knocked out the mobile launchers
- knock out
- amaze; defeat in a contest; final punch (Boxing); hit someone so hard that they lose consciousness
- knock out
- knock unconscious or senseless; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds"
- knock out
- If a person or team is knocked out of a competition, they are defeated in a game, so that they take no more part in the competition. Henri Leconte has been knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Geneva Open The Irish came so close to knocking England out of the European Championships. see also knockout
- knock out
- destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out"
- knock out
- empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out; "knocked out a pipe"
- knock over
- see knock down 1
- knock over
- rob, burglarize (Slang)
- knock over
- cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
- knock up
- make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again"
- knock up
- (Slang) arouse, awaken; build or cook something quickly; exhaust; drain; make a woman pregnant (Vulgar Slang)
- knocked
- past of knock
- knocking
- (Otomotiv) A sound that occurs in the cylinders when the fuel/air mixture is ignited too soon and the subsequent explosion hits the piston as it travels up the cylinder on the compression stroke. Usually, it's due to faulty timing, low- octane gas, or fragments of burning carbon in the cylinders. Also called pinging or pre-ignition. It sounds like marbles rattling in a can and can be heard best when accelerating up hills. This sound can also be caused by impending mechanical failure within the engine due to extreme wear of a piston or bearing. See also four-stroke power cycle
- knocking
- A beating; a rap; a series of raps
- knocking
- the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); "the knocking grew louder"
- knocks
- third-person singular of knock
- knocks
- plural of , knock