transitive verb
chiefly Britain : swallow ; specifically : to toss down (an alcoholic beverage)
smelt of the brandy they had just been knocking back — Bruce Marshall
transitive verb
chiefly Britain : swallow ; specifically : to toss down (an alcoholic beverage)
smelt of the brandy they had just been knocking back — Bruce Marshall
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012