knock-up

1 of 2

noun

ˈnäk-ˌəp 

British

: a warm-up or practice session before a game in a racket sport (such as tennis)

knock up

2 of 2

verb

knocked up; knocking up; knocks up

transitive verb

1

sometimes vulgar : to make pregnant

2

British : rouse, summon

Synonyms

Verb

• wake
• awaken
• awake

Examples of knock-up in a Sentence

Verb

I asked the clerk at the hotel to knock me up at 7:00 a.m.

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1884, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for knock-up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup