Synonyms for knocked up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : nok
Phonetic Transcription : nɒk


Définition of knocked up

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]
  • verb make pregnant
Example sentences :
  • Haven't you sleep enough, growler, that you're not to be knocked up for once?'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Her husband assured her that she would be knocked up before she got half-way.
  • Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
  • I distinctly heard the Member for Louth say, 'You are knocked up.'
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 20, 1893 » by Various
  • The men who held him were frequently changed, as if they too were knocked up with their work.
  • Extract from : « Washed Ashore » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Two teams of mules were knocked up, and more will follow if this goes on.
  • Extract from : « The Relief of Mafeking » by Filson Young
  • “But our horses are knocked up, and we can go no distance to-night,” I said.
  • Extract from : « Snow Shoes and Canoes » by William H. G. Kingston
  • Had it not been for this assistance he would have knocked up long ago.
  • Extract from : « The Log House by the Lake » by William H. G. Kingston
  • No; but we could have knocked up Tom Gardener and the other men, and gone ourselves.
  • Extract from : « Nic Revel » by George Manville Fenn
  • Bill darted to the engine-shed and knocked up the driver in passing.
  • Extract from : « Personal Reminiscences in Book Making » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • No, Bob,” replied I. “I wish the men were not so knocked up.
  • Extract from : « Percival Keene » by Frederick Marryat

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