n. 25B6; verb
he knocked on the door : BANG, tap, rap, thump, pound, hammer; strike, hit, beat.
she knocked her knee on the table : BUMP, bang, hit, strike, crack; injure, hurt, bruise; informal bash, thwack.
he knocked into an elderly man : COLLIDE WITH, bump into, bang into, be in collision with, run into, crash into, smash into, plough into; N. Amer. impact; informal bash into.
(informal) I'm not knocking the company. : See criticize .
25B6; noun
a sharp knock at the door : TAP, rap, rat-tat, knocking, bang, banging, pounding, hammering, drumming, thump, thud.
the casing is tough enough to withstand knocks : BUMP, blow, bang, jolt, jar, shock; collision, crash, smash, impact.
a knock on the ear : BLOW, bang, hit, slap, smack, crack, punch, cuff, thump, box; informal clip, clout, wallop, thwack, belt, bash.
(informal) this isn't a knock on Dave. : See criticism sense 1.
life's hard knocks : SETBACK, reversal, defeat, failure, difficulty, misfortune, bad luck, mishap, (body) blow, disaster, calamity, disappointment, sorrow, trouble, hardship; informal kick in the teeth.
25A0; knock about/around (informal)
knocking around the Mediterranean : WANDER AROUND, roam around, rove around, range over, travel around, journey around, voyage around, drift around, potter around; informal gad about, gallivant around.
she knocks around with artists : ASSOCIATE, consort, keep company, go around, mix, socialize, be friends, be friendly; informal hobnob, hang out, run around, pal around.
25A0; knock someone/something about/around BEAT (UP), batter, hit, punch, thump, thrash, slap; maltreat, mistreat, abuse, ill-treat, assault, attack; N. Amer. beat up on; informal rough up, do over, give someone a hiding, clobber, clout, bash, belt, whack, wallop.
25A0; knock something back (informal) SWALLOW, gulp down, drink up, quaff, guzzle, slug; informal down, swig, swill (down), toss off; N. Amer. informal scarf (down/up), snarf (down/up).
25A0; knock someone down FELL, floor, flatten, bring down, knock to the ground; knock over, run over/down.
25A0; knock something down
the building was knocked down : DEMOLISH, pull down, tear down, destroy; raze (to the ground), level, flatten, bulldoze.
(informal) the firm has knocked down its prices : REDUCE, lower, cut, decrease, drop, put down, mark down; informal slash.
25A0; knock off (informal) STOP WORK, finish (working), clock off, leave work.
25A0; knock someone off (informal) . See kill verb sense 1.
25A0; knock something off
(Brit. informal) someone knocked off the video. : See steal verb sense 1.
(informal) we expect you to knock off three stories a day : PRODUCE, make, turn out, create, construct, assemble, put together; complete, finish.
(informal) knock off 10 02CC; from the bill : DEDUCT, take off/away, subtract, dock.
25A0; knock it off! (informal) STOP IT; informal cut it out, give it a rest, leave off, pack it in, lay off; Brit. informal give over.
25A0; knock someone out
I hit him and knocked him out : KNOCK UNCONSCIOUS, knock senseless; floor, prostrate; informal lay out, put out cold, KO, kayo.
England was knocked out : ELIMINATE, beat, defeat, vanquish, overwhelm, trounce.
(informal) walking that far knocked her out : EXHAUST, wear out, tire (out), overtire, fatigue, weary, drain; informal do in, take it out of, fag out; Brit. informal knacker; N. Amer. informal poop.
(informal) the view knocked me out : OVERWHELM, stun, stupefy, amaze, astound, astonish, stagger, take someone's breath away; impress, dazzle, enchant, entrance; informal bowl over, flabbergast, knock sideways, blow away; Brit. informal knock for six.
25A0; knock up (Brit. informal) WARM UP, practise, hit a ball around.
25A0; knock someone up
(Brit. informal) we were knocked up at five in the morning : WAKE (UP), awaken, call, rouse, arouse, get out of bed, get up; poetic/literary waken.
(informal) he knocked her up : MAKE PREGNANT, impregnate; informal put in the family way; Brit. informal get in the club; archaic get with child.
25A0; knock something up (Brit. informal) MAKE QUICKLY, prepare hastily, build rapidly, whip up, rig up, throw together, cobble together, improvise, contrive; informal rustle up.