Synonyms for knocked together

Grammar : Verb

Spell : nok

Phonetic Transcription : nɒk

Top 10 synonyms for knocked together

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Définition of knocked 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 :

Then I had a look at the magazine what poor Chips had knocked together.
Extract from : « The Castaways » by Harry Collingwood

Blackstock, therefore, knocked together a handy litter for his benefit.
Extract from : « Jim » by Charles G. D. Roberts

(In their hurry) many pitchers were knocked together and broken, but men brought hundreds of new pots to replace them.
Extract from : « Chaitanya's Life And Teachings » by Krishna das Kaviraja

I was lying on a bed which was made of rough deal, and had evidently been knocked together hurriedly.
Extract from : « The Birthright » by Joseph Hocking

Had the whale possessed knees they would assuredly have knocked together.
Extract from : « Myths & Legends of Japan » by F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland) Davis

His coffin was knocked together on the forward deck next morningwith Carbonear a days sail beyond.
Extract from : « Dr. Grenfell's Parish » by Norman Duncan

My knees were almost giving way under me; they knocked together for fear.
Extract from : « The Man-Wolf and Other Tales » by Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian

He stammered some incoherent syllables, and tried to bend his knees, but they knocked together, trembling.
Extract from : « The King's Men » by Robert Grant, John Boyle O'Reilly, J. S. Dale, and John T. Wheelwright

In one way or another various craft were knocked together, filled, and set afloat in good hope of reaching Fort Washington.
Extract from : « Historic Highways of America (Vol. 8) » by Archer Butler Hulbert

The gleam of her teeth, as they knocked together, made the strong man recoil.
Extract from : « Fashion and Famine » by Ann S. Stephens

Antonyms for knocked together

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