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Synonyms for knocks together


Grammar : Verb
Spell : nok
Phonetic Transcription : nɒk

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Définition of knocks 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

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