Definition of knock

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Knock (n.) A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap..

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Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon..
Beat :: Beat (v. i.) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
Chap :: Chap (v. i.) To strike; to knock; to rap.
Dump :: Dump (v. t.) To knock heavily; to stump.
Pin :: Pin (n.) The leg; as, to knock one off his pins..
Doornail :: Doornail (n.) The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, As dead as a doornail..
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word..
Ball :: Ball (n.) A general name for games in which a ball is thrown, kicked, or knocked. See Baseball, and Football..
Knock :: Knock (n.) A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap..
Jowl :: "Jowl (v. t.) To throw, dash, or knock..
Inknee :: Inknee (n.) Same as Knock-knee.
Floor :: Floor (v. t.) To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent..
Knock-knee :: Knock-knee (n.) A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.
Spare :: Spare (n.) The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare..
Rapper :: Rapper (n.) One who, or that which, raps or knocks; specifically, the knocker of a door..
Clap :: Clap (v. i.) To knock, as at a door..
Stump :: Stump (n.) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out..
Knockstone :: Knockstone (n.) A block upon which ore is broken up.
Inkneed :: Inkneed (a.) See Knock-kneed.
Kotow :: Kotow (n.) The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings..
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