Synonyms for knock
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : nok |
| Phonetic Transcription : nÉ’k |
Top 10 synonyms for knock Other synonyms for the word knock
- abuse
- alive
- beat up
- beating
- belittle
- blame
- blow
- bob
- box
- bruise
- buffet
- carp
- cavil
- censure
- clap
- clip
- clout
- condemn
- condemnation
- conk
- cuff
- deck
- defeat
- denounce
- denunciate
- deprecate
- disparage
- drub
- failure
- find fault
- flak
- floor
- hit
- injury
- KO
- lambaste
- level
- lick
- maltreat
- manhandle
- maul
- mistreat
- pan
- pound
- rap
- rebuff
- rejection
- reprehend
- reprobate
- reversal
- roughhouse
- run down
- setback
- skin
- slap
- smack
- stricture
- swat
- swipe
- tap
- thrash
- thump
- thwack
- total
- wallop
- whack
- wound
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for knock
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