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knock
English
Etymology
From Middle English knocken, knokken, from Old English cnocian, ?ecnocian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-Germanic *knuk?n? (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *kneu- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”). The English word is cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to hit”), Old English cnuian, cnuwian (“to pound, knock”), Old Norse knoka (compare Danish knuge, Swedish knocka (“to hug”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /n?k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /n?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
knock (countable and uncountable, plural knocks)
- An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- A sharp impact.
- (figuratively) Criticism.
- 2012, Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world (in The Daily Telegraph, 15 November 2012)[1]
- Since forming in 2007 Mumford & Sons have hard-toured their way to a vast market for throaty folk that's strong on banjo and bass drum. They have released two enormous albums. But, wow, do they take some knocks back home.
- 2012, Tom Lamont, How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world (in The Daily Telegraph, 15 November 2012)[1]
- (automotive) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
- (cricket) A batsman's innings.
- (cycling) Synonym of hunger knock
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
knock (third-person singular simple present knocks, present participle knocking, simple past and past participle knocked)
- (transitive, dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
- (transitive, colloquial) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
- (transitive, soccer) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
- (transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
- (transitive, intransitive, dated) To bump or impact.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- "The Silver Shoes," said the Good Witch, "have wonderful powers. And one of the most curious things about them is that they can carry you to any place in the world in three steps, and each step will be made in the wink of an eye. All you have to do is to knock the heels together three times and command the shoes to carry you wherever you wish to go."
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
Conjugation
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Translations
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Noun
knock
- Alternative form of knaugh
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shove
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English schoven, shoven, schouven, from Old English sc?fan, from Proto-Germanic *skeuban? (compare West Frisian skowe, Low German schuven, Dutch schuiven, German schieben, Danish skubbe, Norwegian Bokmål skyve, Norwegian Nynorsk skuva), from Proto-Indo-European *skewb?- (compare Lithuanian skùbti ‘to hurry’, Polish skuba? ‘to pluck’, Albanian humb ‘to lose’).
Pronunciation
- enPR: sh?v, IPA(key): /??v/
- Rhymes: -?v
Verb
shove (third-person singular simple present shoves, present participle shoving, simple past shoved or (obsolete) shave, past participle shoved or (obsolete) shoven)
- (transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
- The ship was anon shoven in the sea.
- (intransitive) To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
- 1699, Samuel Garth, The Dispensary
- He grasped the oar, received his guests on board, and shoved from shore.
- 1699, Samuel Garth, The Dispensary
- (poker, by ellipsis) To make an all-in bet.
- (slang) To pass (counterfeit money).
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
shove (plural shoves)
- A rough push.
- I rested […] and then gave the boat another shove.
- (poker slang) An all-in bet.
- A forward movement of packed river-ice.
Derived terms
- ice shove
- when push comes to shove
Translations
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???v/
- Rhymes: -??v
Verb
shove
- (obsolete) simple past tense of shave
Anagrams
- hoves
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