Thesaurus
Synonyms and Antonyms of knocking
- my knee knocked against the table leg when I tried to get up quickly
- threatened to knock him upside the head if he didn't do as he was told
banging, bashing, batting, belting, biffing, bludgeoning, bobbing, bonking, bopping, boxing, busting, clapping, clipping, clobbering, clocking, clouting, cracking, hammering, hitting, nailing, pasting, pounding, punching, rapping, slamming, slapping, slogging, slugging, smacking, smiting, socking, striking, swatting, swiping, tagging, thumping, thwacking, walloping, whacking, whaling, zapping
battering, beating, buffeting, bunging, chopping, cuffing, drubbing, lacing, lambasting, licking, mangling, mauling, pelting, peppering, pommeling (or pommelling), pummeling (also pummelling), roughing
bunting, flicking, stroking, tapping
bumping, butting, jabbing, jostling, kicking, kneeing, poking, prodding, pushing, shoving, stamping
bowling (down or over), creaming, decking, dumping [slang], felling, flooring, knocking down, leveling (or levelling)
rabbit-punching, sucker punching
caning, clubbing, cudgeling (or cudgelling), flailing, flogging, lashing, sapping, slashing, sledgehammering, sledging, spearing, stabbing, switching, thrashing, whipping
- hey, don't knock it until you've tried it
blaming, censuring, condemning, criticizing, denouncing, dispraising, dissing [slang], faulting, panning, reprehending, slagging [chiefly British]
assailing, attacking, blasting, clobbering, slamming, slashing
beefing, bellyaching, bitching, carping, caviling (or cavilling), complaining, crabbing, croaking, fussing, griping, grousing, growling, grumbling, kicking, kvetching, moaning, murmuring, muttering, niggling, quibbling, whining
admonishing, chiding, drubbing, rebuking, reprimanding, reproaching, reproving
berating, castigating, crucifying, excoriating, flaying, gibbeting, hammering, keelhauling, lambasting, lashing, pillorying, scolding, upbraiding
bad-mouthing, belittling, decrying, deriding, discommending, disparaging, putting down
approving, commending, endorsing (also indorsing), recommending, sanctioning
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