Synonyms of knocked back

knocked back

verb

past tense of knock back

as in sipped

to swallow in liquid form

desperately thirsty, she knocked back an entire glass of water without pausing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sipped
• drank
• gulped
• tossed (down or off)
• pounded (down)
• slugged (down)
• belted (down)
• licked
• supped
• swigged
• quaffed
• sucked
• slurped
• imbibed
• hoisted
• guzzled
• swilled
• mouthed (down)
• put away
• consumed
• lapped
• ingurgitated
• downed
• toasted
• killed
• tippled
• pledged
• wined
• nipped

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of knocked back

This comes after a first bid of €46 million was knocked back once talks with Real Madrid broke down and Rodri agreed to join the Catalans. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

This dark ability is expressed by the image of people getting knocked back, one after another, as if by a magnetic field, as the villain’s telepathic abilities jump from one host to the next. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 July 2026

There will be interest in him, as there was last summer, when Leeds knocked back at least one bid for the Dutchman. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 May 2026

But within seconds of being knocked back, the responding officers were back up, checking on each other and evacuating stunned residents — including several children — from the rubble of the home, the video shows. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026

Unlike the native predators that are knocked back by drought, swamp eels are already lying in wait as water levels rise, prompting crayfish and other forage fish to repopulate the wetlands. — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 12 Mar. 2026

With ghost Rich’s help, the kids sink the dagger into the ground beneath the deadwood, and the Pennywise bird is knocked back onto the ice by a beam of light. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025

Next door, at the nearly pitch-black bar Nothing Really Matters, a pair of court officers knocked back tomato martinis as a couple got handsy over pilsners a few seats down. — The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025

Two employees of Kentucky Truck Parts and Service, whose shop is located on the edge of the debris field, told CNN affiliate WLKY they were knocked back by the explosion. — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025