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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Knock \Knock\ (n[o^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knocked (n[o^]kt);
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap;
        as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
              opened unto you.                      --Matt. vii.
                                                    7.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize
        habitually or captiously. [Slang, U. S.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     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.
  
     To knock off, to cease, as from work; to desist.
  
     To knock under, to yield; to submit; to acknowledge one's
        self conquered; -- an expression probably borrowed from
        the practice of knocking under the table with the
        knuckles, when conquered. ``Colonel Esmond knocked under
        to his fate.'' --Thackeray.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Knocking \Knock"ing\, n.
     A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the
           ground by the Chinese worshiper.         --H. Spencer.
     [1913 Webster]

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 ]


  Knocking \Knock"ing\, n.
     A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
  
           The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the
           ground by the Chinese worshiper.         --H. Spencer.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  knocking
       n : the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or
           bearing); "the knocking grew louder" [syn: knock]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  knocking
     n.
     An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
     vb.
     (present participle of en knock nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  knocking
     n.
     An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
     vb.
     (present participle of en knock nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  knocking
     n.
     An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
     vb.
     (present participle of en knock nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  knocking
     n.
     An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
     vb.
     (present participle of en knock nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  knocking
     Englanti n.
     naputus, nakutus
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm k nock ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  knocking
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en knock ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb knock)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Knocking /nˈɒkɪŋ/
  الضرب

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  knocking /nˈɒkɪŋ/ 
  klepající