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Antonyms for knock together

Grammar : Verb
Spell : nok
Phonetic Transcription : nÉ’k

Definition 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

Synonyms for knock together

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