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English to English noun
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the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) |  | Example: the knocking grew louder
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negative criticism | | source: wordnet30
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a vigorous blow | | Example: the sudden knock floored him
he took a bash right in his face
he got a bang on the head
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a bad experience | | Example: the school of hard knocks
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the act of hitting vigorously | | Example: he gave the table a whack
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A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar. | | source: webster1913 verb
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deliver a sharp blow or push : | | Example: He knocked the glass clear across the room
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rap with the knuckles | | Example: knock on the door
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knock against with force or violence | | Example: My car bumped into the tree
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make light, repeated taps on a surface | | Example: he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently
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sound like a car engine that is firing too early | | Example: the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline
The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded
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find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | | Example: The paper criticized the new movie
Don't knock the food--it's free
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To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously. | | source: webster1913
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To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause. | | source: webster1913
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