Word Finder - knocking

definition

To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.

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To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.

example

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.

example

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.

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An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced

Without knocking, he strode into the chamber.

The twins came barreling up to her, nearly knocking her down.

We were checking the mare and she bolted, knocking the stable boy down.

Are you next of kin? a doctor asked, knocking on the door.

He thrashed, knocking Kris back.

Fifteen minutes later she was knocking on Lori's door.

I imagine knocking off a few more people allied to Greene.

She plowed into him, nearly knocking him down.

Her heart was knocking around inside her chest like an egg in a blender.

They tumbled to the ground, one foot --she wasn't sure whose --knocking the amulet away.

A wave of grief engulfed him and ripped through to his core, knocking the breath from him.

He let out a yell and slapped Dean on the back, nearly knocking over a Gatorade.

The lamb jumped on her, knocking one of her straps down.

A ' port knocking ' daemon monitors firewall logs, which can have variable levels of detail.

He walked in without knocking.

Ryu's village is the resting place of the Dark Dragon Blade, which is great for the "coolness" factor, but bad when the Vigor Empire comes knocking, and by knocking I mean killing everyone in the village and steals the blade.

Shipton leaned to his right and began to chip away at a large outcrop of ice directly above Dean, laughing as a loosened piece tumbled downward, striking Dean's exposed head, nearly knocking him senseless.

Gabriel opened the door without knocking.

She did herself and Clevedon proud on Monday 1st August by knocking almost 4 seconds off her PB in the 200m Freestyle event.

Who would be coming in without knocking?

Each player gets three tries at knocking the cans down at about 20 feet away.

Zach jerked suddenly, knocking his cap off and exposing a scalp full of red hair.

Don't worry about knocking.

If you keep buying 'opportunities' like Mr. Stanislaw's Salvation Army box, you'll be too broke to answer the door if a real opportunity does come knocking.

The front door Dean had neglected to lock opened and Sheriff Weller strolled in without knocking.

It was a few minutes before she realized the pounding noise was someone knocking at the door.

Its aim was to sever German communications with Constantinople by knocking Bulgaria out of the war.

But it was a political necessity, and Grattan never gave his countrymen worse advice than when he urged them to "keep knocking at the union."

Rhyn.s power rippled through him, the shockwave knocking down Gabriel before he could deliver the death blow.

The phone bill, thanks to Fred's vigorous activities, was only a few commas less than the national debt and he was knocking on the ceiling of his newly acquired Visa limit.

None being able to hold or bind him, the servant ran, and knocking at the door, told the abbess.

Hemstead committed an assault on complainant by striking him and knocking him down and kicking him and causing him to spit blood.

You never know, the next world champion may soon be knocking on your door!

I discovered TI and was soon knocking chunks off my swim times.

Are Worthing Boro Council and the police right to stop children from knocking conkers off trees?

Knocking down the past to build a big-box emporium to hock their mass produced modern design wares.

The blades may need knocking occasionally with a hammer to remove encrustations.

A phantom electrical gremlin struck during Saturday's race, knocking the popular Californian out of the race.

Twist fave Jo Ayling returns next, knocking out her quality mellow tunes on the old Joanna.

Knocking off old lagging does not fit within any of them as readily as does mixing asbestos to form new lagging.

I threw a shawl over my head and ran to prevent them from waking Mr. Earnshaw by knocking.

This has the effect of knocking out one or more of those storyboard pictures and can make some people quite literally speechless.

Sorcery, the scars raised on the body, the knocking out of teeth, circumcision and rules as to marriage have been quoted; but many such customs are found among savage peoples far distant from each other and entirely unrelated.

Since then his apathetic successors have neglected to bring to light this splendid work; and it is only by knocking off some of the plaster that one can get a glimpse of the sculptures, which are perfect as on the day they were carved."

A dozen of them smashed together and tumbled to the ground, and seeing his success Jim kicked again and again, charging into the vegetable crowd, knocking them in all directions and sending the others scattering to escape his iron heels.

He was knocking the back of his head against the floor, hoarsely uttering some word which he kept repeating.

They were also perplexed by ' unseen hands ' knocking objects off shelves, stealthy footsteps on landings, ' cold spots '.

She used to stomp around, knocking bowls flying, splashing through the water bowls making an almighty mess !

A few months ago you hit a peak balance of $4,200 before knocking it back down -- still no problem, since you were nowhere near you limit, right?

Agents look for models in specific places, and they won't come knocking on your door, even if you are drop-dead gorgeous.