knock

knock is a 5-letter English word with 17 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.
2. intransitive verb. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
3. transitive verb. 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.
4. transitive verb. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
5. noun. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
6. noun. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.
7. noun. the act of hitting vigorously

   "he gave the table a whack"

   Synonyms: belt, rap, whack, whang

8. noun. negative criticism

   Synonyms: roast

9. noun. a bad experience

   "the school of hard knocks"

10. noun. the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)

    "the knocking grew louder"

    Synonyms: knocking

11. noun. a vigorous blow

    "the sudden knock floored him"

    "he took a bash right in his face"

    Synonyms: bang, bash, belt, smash

12. verb. find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws

    "The paper criticized the new movie"

    "Don't knock the food--it's free"

    Synonyms: criticise, criticize

13. verb. deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"
14. verb. knock against with force or violence

    "My car bumped into the tree"

    Synonyms: bump

15. verb. rap with the knuckles

    "knock on the door"

16. verb. sound like a car engine that is firing too early

    "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"

    "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"

    Synonyms: ping, pink

17. verb. make light, repeated taps on a surface

    "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

    Synonyms: pink, rap, tap

Synonyms

belt, rap, whack, whang, roast, knocking, bang, bash, smash, criticise, criticize, bump, ping, pink, tap

Common word forms

knocks, knocked, knocker, knocking, knockless

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