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Antonyms for knock

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : nok
Phonetic Transcription : nÉ’k

Definition of knock

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]
  • noun pushing, striking
  • noun strong criticism
  • verb push over; strike
  • verb criticize harshly
Example sentences :
  • He went round to the back door, where he thought it best, in the first place, to knock.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • There was no answer to his knock, and by trying the knob he found that she had locked herself in.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Grace was in the middle of a hasty toilet when a knock sounded on the door.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • While he was thus raging a knock came to the door, and a maid entered.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • While Margaret groaned in bitterness, she heard a knock at the street door.
  • Extract from : « The Wives of The Dead » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • "Come in," he called cheerily, in answer to a knock on the door.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Knock at the door, whence the sable line of the funeral is next to issue!
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Here a step was heard on the stairs—a knock at the door—and Birnie entered.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Mr. Burrows himself answered the knock, and gave him a hearty greeting.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • "Suppose we knock off talking for a while, Steve," suggested Max.
  • Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie

Synonyms for knock

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