KNOCK, v.i. nok. 1. To strike or beat with something thick or heavy; as, to knock with a club or with the fist; to knock at the door. We never use this word to express beating with a small stick or whip.2. To drive or be driven against; to strike against; to clash; as when one heavy body knocks against another.To knock under, to yield; to submit; to acknowledge to be conquered; an expression borrowed from the practice of knocking under the table, when conquered. KNOCK, v.t. nok. To strike; to drive against; as, to knock the head against a post. 1. To strike a door for admittance; to rap.To knock down, to strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as, to knock down an ox. To knock out, to force out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out the brains. To knock up, to arouse by knocking. In popular use, to beat out; to fatigue till unable to do more. To knock off, to force off by beating. At auctions, to assign to a bidder by a blow on the counter. To knock on the head, to kill by a blow or by blows. KNOCK, n. nok. A blow; a stroke with something thick or heavy. 1. A stroke on a door, intended as a request for admittance; a rap. |
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