Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.
- 2intransitive verb
To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4transitive verb
To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
- 5noun
A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
- 6noun
A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.
- 7noun
the act of hitting vigorously
"he gave the table a whack"
- 8noun
negative criticism
Synonyms
- 9noun
a bad experience
"the school of hard knocks"
- 10noun
the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
"the knocking grew louder"
Synonyms
- 11noun
a vigorous blow
"the sudden knock floored him"
"he took a bash right in his face"
- 12verb
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"
- 13verb
deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room"
- 14verb
knock against with force or violence
"My car bumped into the tree"
Synonyms
- 15verb
rap with the knuckles
"knock on the door"
- 16verb
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"
- 17verb
make light, repeated taps on a surface
"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"
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