Synonyms for knock together

Grammar : Verb

Spell : nok

Phonetic Transcription : nɒk

Top 10 synonyms for knock together

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Définition of knock together

Origin : Old English cnocian (West Saxon cnucian), "to pound, beat; knock (on a door)," likely of imitative origin. Meaning "deprecate, put down" is from 1892. Related: Knocked; knocking. Knock-kneed first attested 1774. Knock-down, drag-out is from 1827. Command knock it off "stop it" is first recorded 1880, perhaps from auctioneer's term for "dispose of quickly:"
At the commencement of the sales, he gave every one that wanted to purchase a paper containing a description of the lands that were to be sold; and, as the sales were cried, he called over the numbers and described the land; and when it got up to one dollar and a quarter an acre, if no body bid, after it was cried two or three times, he would say, knock it off, knock it off. [U.S. Senate record, 1834]

As in throw up : verb build quickly
As in build : verb construct structure
As in upraise : verb erect
As in uprear : verb erect
As in erect : verb build; establish
As in fabricate : verb manufacture
As in fashion : verb adjust, design, create

Example sentences :

Nothing remained but to try to knock together one or more rafts.
Extract from : « Blackbeard: Buccaneer » by Ralph D. Paine

"That is true," replied Maurice, his teeth beginning to knock together.
Extract from : « The Puppet Crown » by Harold MacGrath

No, it was more the noise of the dry branches that knock together in the wind.
Extract from : « The Ruling Passion » by Henry van Dyke

Knock together some story that will hold water and lose no time about it.
Extract from : « The Master of Appleby » by Francis Lynde

There's many on 'em, with claw-hammer coats and diamonds in their shirt-fronts, as hasn't got two quid to knock together.
Extract from : « In Friendship's Guise » by Wm. Murray Graydon

The sweat poured down his face in streams, and his knees began to knock together with fatigue.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. » by Various

Men were already down on the Confederate-held side of the river, trying to knock together a raft on which to reach their prize.
Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton

He felt his nerves quivering with fright, and as he started to run his knees showed an inclination to knock together.
Extract from : « The Outdoor Chums in the Forest » by Quincy Allen

I so frighted players and playgoers that they swore it was witchcraft, and Burbages knees did knock together in dead earnest.
Extract from : « By order of the company » by Mary Johnston

A rising breeze caused the limbs of some trees to knock together; it swept Shultzs clammy cheek and made him shiver.
Extract from : « The New Boys at Oakdale » by Morgan Scott

Antonyms for knock together

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