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1
to come into usually forceful contact with something
- my knee knocked against the table leg when I tried to get up quickly
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2
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
- threatened to knock him upside the head if he didn't do as he was told
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- batter,
- beat,
- buffet,
- bung,
- chop,
- cuff,
- drub,
- lace,
- lambaste
- (or lambast),
- lick,
- mangle,
- maul,
- pelt,
- pepper,
- pommel,
- pummel,
- rough
- bowl (down or over),
- cream,
- deck,
- dump
- [slang],
- fell,
- floor,
- knock down,
- level
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3
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
- hey, don't knock it until you've tried it
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knock
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of knock (Entry 2 of 2)
1
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
- gave the door a good knock
Synonyms for knock
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beat,
- belt,
- biff,
- blow,
- bop,
- box,
- buffet,
- bust,
- chop,
- clap,
- clip,
- clout,
- crack,
- cuff,
- dab,
- douse
- [British],
- fillip,
- hack,
- haymaker,
- hit,
- hook,
- larrup
- [dialect],
- lash,
- lick,
- pelt,
- pick,
- plump,
- poke,
- pound,
- punch,
- rap,
- slam,
- slap,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- sock,
- spank,
- stinger,
- stripe,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swipe,
- switch,
- thud,
- thump,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- welt,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop
- (also whap)
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- body blow,
- hand,
- kick,
- knee,
- left,
- one-two,
- rabbit punch,
- right,
- right-hander,
- roundhouse,
- shiver,
- sidewinder,
- sucker punch,
- swing,
- uppercut
- bastinado
- (or bastinade),
- battering,
- beating,
- bludgeoning,
- clobbering,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- drubbing,
- hammering,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- pasting,
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- thrashing
2
bad luck or an example of this
- getting his college degree was a six year adventure not without its share of knocks along the way
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3
a change in status for the worse usually temporarily
- the geneticist's reputation took a knock when several of his peers were unable to confirm his research findings
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The first known use of knock was before the 12th century
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