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Sudden fatigue as a result of glycogen depletion from not having taken in enough nutrition.
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An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
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I heard a knock on my door.
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A sharp impact.
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He took a knock on the head.
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Criticism.
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Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
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A batsman's innings.
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He played a slow but sure knock of 35.
verb
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To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
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To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
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Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.
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To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
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To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
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To bump or impact.
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I accidentally knocked my drink off the bar.
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To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
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Knock on the door and find out if they’re home.
Examples of knock in a Sentence
I better knock on his door.
There was a soft knock at the door.
A knock at the door interrupted their conversation.
A knock sounded at his door.
If Annie's abductor was still operating, that literally reversed the odds that we'd knock heads with him if he remained active!
The dust storms here can knock over trees.
Darkyn said and struck him hard enough to knock his breath out as he slammed into the wall.
A knock at her door drew her attention from her thoughts.
Then there was a knock at the door.
Caleb stumbled to a stop ahead of her, causing her to nearly knock him over.
There was a knock at the door; Jenn opened it and froze.
A soft knock awoke her, and she blinked groggily.
I glared at her wishing that I had it in me to just knock her out.
Troubled, she dozed, waking when she heard the knock at her door.
For decades, teams of three hardy fools had tried to knock each other senseless with high pressure fire hoses, while the spectators tried to escape the cross fire.
You're weak and foolish and Gods, if I could find a magic pill that'd knock some sense into you --
A knock on the door brought only silence.
A knock at the door reminded her she wasn't alone.
One morning there was a loud knock at Dean Swift's door.
You're welcome for convincing Gabe not to knock down the rest of your walls to get to this one.
For the second time in a few minutes, there was a knock on the door.
They would have to knock it down one of these days.
She dared not stand on her own with the winds strong enough to knock her over.
A knock at the door jarred him, and he whirled to see the demon that entered.
Dean took the opportunity to knock on Martha's door and step inside.
Knock it off, Josh.
He prepped bandages for her wrist, a bowl and washcloth, and a smaller version of the doc's med-gun, loading it with enough painkiller to knock her out.
Might knock me on my ass for a bit.
Damian's voice was accompanied by a knock at the door.
As soon as the porter heard a stranger knock at the gate, he rose, saying, Deo gratias,the opportunity for the exercise of hospitality being regarded as a cause for thankfulness.
It's getting a lot of praise on Amazon and doing quite well there, knock on wood.
They entered a quieter wing, and Jenn stopped to knock on a closed door.
The door flew open before she could knock to reveal a stern woman in a monk's brown robes.
A light knock at the door made her stop in place.
He still had the challenge of the mortal world to knock out.
Surely she could punch him hard enough to knock him out.
Kiki didn't knock the door down as he could, instead beating loudly enough for the sound to drift down the road.
She gritted her teeth and wished she.d brought the cutting board with her to knock some sense into Ully.
A knock at the door distracted his response, which wouldn.t bode well for either of them.
Before Dean could answer, there was a knock on the front door and he rose to answer it.
A knock at the door prevented her response.
He yanked her away hard enough to knock the breath from her and shoved her into a small tack room.
An urgent knock at the door jarred him from his thoughts.
A knock at the door disrupted his burgeoning lust for blood.
And if you like art galleries, knock yourself out.
Optimus Prime appears to be easier to knock off.
In addition, knock off Uggs are taller than genuine Uggs and feature a wider ankle.
In 1879 the village of Knock in the south-east acquired notoriety from a story that the Virgin Mary had appeared in the church, which became the resort of many pilgrims.
The chapel contains the tombs of abbot John Hamilton and of the children of the 1st lord Paisley, and the recumbent effigy of Marjory, daughter of Robert Bruce, who married Walter, the Steward, and was killed while hunting at Knock Hill between Renfrew and Paisley (1316).
All right, you pack a lunch and bring a blanket and I'll go get the weed whip and knock down some of the tall grass.