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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knock \Knock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knocked}; p. pr & vb n. {Knocking}.] [OE. knoken, AS cnocian cnucian prob. of imitative origin; cf Sw knacka.Cf. {Knack}.] 1. To drive or be driven against something to strike against something to clash; as one heavy body knocks against another. --Bacon. 2. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as to knock with a club; to knock on the door. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. --Dryden. Seek, and ye shall find knock, and it shall be opened unto you --Matt. vii. 7. {To knock about}, to go about taking knocks or rough usage; to wander about to saunter. [Colloq.] ``Knocking about town.'' --W. Irving. {To knock up}, to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn out as with labor; to give out ``The horses were beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe service.'' --De Quincey. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knock \Knock\, n. 1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar. 2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. `` A knock at the door.'' --Longfellow. A loud cry or some great knock. --Holland. {Knock off}, a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knock \Knock\ (n[o^]k), v. t. 1. To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something as to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post to knock a lamp off the table. When heroes knock their knotty heads together. --Rowe. 2. To strike for admittance; to rap upon as a door. Master, knock the door hard. --Shak. {To knock down}. a To strike down to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as to knock down an assailant. b To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock; to knock off {To knock in the head}, or {on the head}, to stun or kill by a blow upon the head; hence to put am end to to defeat, as a scheme or project; to frustrate; to quash. [Colloq.] -- {To knock off}. a To force off by a blow or by beating. b To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. c To leave off (work, etc.). [Colloq.] -- {To knock out}, to force out by a blow or by blows; as to knock out the brains. {To knock up}. a To arouse by knocking. b To beat or tire out to fatigue till unable to do more as the men were entirely knocked up [Colloq.] ``The day being exceedingly hot, the want of food had knocked up my followers.'' --Petherick. c (Bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form as printed sheets. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knock \Knock\, v. i. To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously. [Vulgar Slang, U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knock \Knock\, v. t. To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause. [Slang, Eng.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: knock n 1: the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) [syn: {knocking}] 2: negative criticism [syn: {roast}] 3: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: {bash}, {bang}, {smash}, {belt}] 4: a bad experience; "the school of hard knocks" 5: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" [syn: {belt}, {rap}, {whack}, {whang}] v 1: deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room." [syn: {strike hard}] 2: rap with the knuckles; "knock on the door" 3: knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" [syn: {bump}] 4: make light, repeated taps on a surface [syn: {tap}, {rap}, {pink}] 5: of car engines, when firing too early [syn: {ping}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Knock "Though Orientals are very jealous of their privacy, they never knock when about to enter your room but walk in without warning or ceremony. It is nearly impossible to teach an Arab servant to knock at your door. They give warning at the outer gate either by calling or knocking. To stand and call is a very common and respectful mode. Thus Moses commanded the holder of a pledge to stand without and call to the owner to come forth (Deut. 24:10). This was to avoid the violent intrusion of cruel creditors. Peter stood knocking at the outer door (Acts 12:13, 16), and the three men sent to Joppa by Cornelius made inquiry and 'stood before the gate' (10:17, 18). The idea is that the guard over your privacy is to be placed at the entrance." Knocking is used as a sign of importunity (Matt. 7:7, 8; Luke 13:25), and of the coming of Christ (Luke 12:36; Rev. 3:20).
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