Knock

//nɒk//

Synonyms for "knock" (423 found)

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Closest matches (85)

Strong matches (127)

condemnation confront each other conk consort with copy crack crack up crash crash into criticism criticize crump crunch cuff cut cut down cut up dash dash into daze

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Verb(37 words)

copulate with criticise criticize dick diddle dig out dight do doink drill eff enjoy expletive deleted feague fill formal terms frack frak frick frig

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fuck get into someone's pants get over on get up in give someone one give someone the time go in unto go to bed with go with have have one's way with have one's wicked way with hit hump informal and slang terms jape jerk

Noun(1 words)

hunger knock

Related words (211)

Verb(56 words)

juice jump jump someone's bones knob knock off know know someone in the biblical sense lay lie by lie with love love up make mount nail occupy penetrate pick apart ping pink

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plough plug poke pork pound prig pump rap ravage ream rock roger root run through rut sard schlong screw season seduce see to service shaft shag shelve slay sleep with slip it to smash smush stallionize strike hard swive take tup wap

kayo kill knock about knock against knock around knock cold knock down knock off knock out knock over knock together knock unconscious knock up ko lambaste larrup lay in ruins left let have it level

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lick lift lock up maltreat manhandle maul meet minimize mistreat nagging nick niggle niggling nit nit picking nit-picking obloquy overcome overcriticalness overwhelm pan paste patter pelt percuss pestering pettifogging pilfer pinch pink plunk poke polish off pommel pound pounding priggishness prostrate pull pull down pulverize pummel punch put down put together quibble quibbling quit ramble rap raze reflection report reprehend reproachfulness reprobate right roam rob rove run down run into shock sideswipe skin slam slam into slap slat sledgehammer slight slog slug slur smack smack into smash smash into smash up smite snap sneer snipe snipe at soak sock spank splat stagger steal stricture strike strike against strike at stroke stun subtract swap swat swing swipe taking exception talk talk over tattoo terminate thieve thrash thresh throw down thump thwack travel trichoschistism trounce tucker tunk wake up wallop wander whack wham whap whip whomp whop wipe wreck yerk

Noun(6 words)

knocking rap roast smash whack whang

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

20 entries

bad luck blow bump collide with comment criticism critique go hit impinge on knap misfortune notice point out rap remark

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Synonyms

3 entries

bump pink tap

derived

120 entries

antiknock come knocking cop knock death knock diesel knock don't knock it till you've tried it don't knock yourself out doorknock engine knock hard knock job and knock knick-knock knock a buzzard off a gut wagon knock a buzzard off a shit wagon knock a dog off a gut wagon

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entails

1 entries

judge

has context

6 entries

automotive cricket cycling slang soccer uk

is a

5 entries

blow bump criticism misfortune sound

manner of

3 entries

comment rap strike

related to

17 entries

abnormal admiration applause astonish batsman combustion criticism denigrate impact impress innings knuckle pass preignition rapping sound

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Translations

246 translations across 83 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

e trokitur noun (abrupt rapping sound)
trokas verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

κρούω verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
κόπτω verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Arabic

3 entries

خَبَطَ verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
دَقَّ verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
طَرَقَ verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܢܩܫ verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Armenian

2 entries

թակոց noun (abrupt rapping sound)
բախել verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

döymək verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Belarusian

2 entries

сту́каць verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
сту́кнуць verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

katuk verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Bulgarian

4 entries

удар noun (impact)
чукане noun (abrupt rapping sound)
критику́вам verb (to denigrate)
чу́кам verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Burmese

1 entries

ခေါက် verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Catalan

4 entries

cop noun (abrupt rapping sound)
cop noun (impact)
batre verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
colpejar verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Chinese

2 entries

ко verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
кә verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

撞 verb (to bump or impact)
敲 verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

諾克 /诺克 name (townland in County Clare)
敲 verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Czech

3 entries

klepat verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
uhodit verb (to bump or impact)
zaklepat verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Danish

4 entries

bank noun (abrupt rapping sound)
bankning noun (preignition)
slag noun (impact)
banke verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Dutch

4 entries

aankloppen noun (abrupt rapping sound)
klap noun (impact)
kloppen noun (abrupt rapping sound)
aankloppen verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Esperanto

2 entries

frapo noun (impact)
frapi verb (to bump or impact)

Estonian

4 entries

klõbin noun (preignition)
koputus noun (abrupt rapping sound)
löök noun (impact)
alandama verb (to denigrate)

Finnish

4 entries

isku noun (impact)
koputus noun (abrupt rapping sound)
nakutus noun (preignition)
kolauttaa verb (to bump or impact)

French

3 entries

coup noun (abrupt rapping sound)
coup noun (impact)
frapper verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Galician

1 entries

petar verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Georgian

4 entries

დარტყმა noun (impact)
კაკუნი noun (abrupt rapping sound)
დარტყმა verb (to bump or impact)
კაკუნი verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

German

4 entries

Klopfen noun (abrupt rapping sound)
Schlag noun (impact)
klopfen verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
schlagen verb (to bump or impact)

Greek

4 entries

προανάφλεξη noun (preignition)
χτύπος noun (abrupt rapping sound)
χτύπος noun (impact)
χτυπάω verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Gujarati

1 entries

ઠોકવું verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Hebrew

2 entries

דפיקה noun (abrupt rapping sound)
דָּפַק verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Higaonon

1 entries

toktok verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Hindi

1 entries

खटखटाना verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Hungarian

4 entries

csapás noun (impact)
kopogtatás noun (abrupt rapping sound)
kopogás noun (abrupt rapping sound)
kopogás noun (preignition)

Icelandic

1 entries

banka verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Ido

1 entries

frapar verb (to bump or impact)

Indonesian

4 entries

benturan noun (impact)
ketokan noun (abrupt rapping sound)
ketukan noun (abrupt rapping sound)
ketok verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Irish

2 entries

An Cnoc name (townland in County Clare)
Cnoc Mhuire name (town and civil parish in County Mayo)

Italian

4 entries

autocombustione noun (preignition)
botta noun (abrupt rapping sound)
botta noun (impact)
botto noun (abrupt rapping sound)

Japanese

3 entries

コンコン noun (abrupt rapping sound)
ノックする verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
叩く verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

konki verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Kazakh

2 entries

тақылдату verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
қағу verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries

hèu noun (abrupt rapping sound)
hèu verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Khmer

2 entries

គោះ verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
ជោះ verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Konkani

1 entries

धाडचे verb (to bump or impact)

Korean

4 entries

노크 noun (abrupt rapping sound)
노킹 noun (abrupt rapping sound)
노크하다 verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
두드리다 verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

кагуу verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
такылдатуу verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Ladino

1 entries

chaftear verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Lao

1 entries

ເຄາະ verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Latin

1 entries

pulsō verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Latvian

1 entries

klauvēt verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Lithuanian

1 entries

pasibelsti verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Macedonian

2 entries

чука verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
чукне verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Malay

1 entries

ketuk verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Middle English

3 entries

knok noun (impact)
knokken verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
knokken verb (to bump or impact)

Mongolian

2 entries

тогших verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
ᠲᠣᠭᠰᠢᠬᠤ verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Māori

4 entries

tarawete noun (impact)
pātukituki verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
pātōtō verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
tarawete verb (to bump or impact)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

urema verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Norwegian

4 entries

banke verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
dunke verb (to bump or impact)
slå verb (to bump or impact)
støte verb (to bump or impact)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

banking noun (abrupt rapping sound)
banking noun (preignition)
slag noun (impact)
banke verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

потꙑкати verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Old English

1 entries

cnocian verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

چالمق verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Persian

2 entries

زدن verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
کوبیدن verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Polish

4 entries

puknięcie noun (abrupt rapping sound)
stuk noun (abrupt rapping sound)
stuknięcie noun (abrupt rapping sound)
stukot noun (abrupt rapping sound)

Portuguese

4 entries

batida noun (abrupt rapping sound)
batida noun (impact)
bater verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
bater verb (to bump or impact)

Romanian

1 entries

ciocăni verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Russian

4 entries

стук noun (abrupt rapping sound)
удар noun (impact)
полива́ть verb (to denigrate)
постуча́ть verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

gnogadh noun (abrupt rapping sound)
buail verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
buail verb (to bump or impact)
gnog verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kȕcati verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
kȕcnuti verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
ку̏цати verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
ку̏цнути verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Slovak

4 entries

klepnutie noun (abrupt rapping sound)
klopanie noun (abrupt rapping sound)
ráz noun (impact)
tresk noun (impact)

Slovene

2 entries

potrkati verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
trkati verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Spanish

4 entries

golpe noun (abrupt rapping sound)
toc noun (abrupt rapping sound)
aldabear verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
golpear verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Swedish

4 entries

knackning noun (abrupt rapping sound)
banka verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
knacka verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
slå emot verb (to bump or impact)

Tajik

3 entries

задан verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
кӯфтан verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
тақ-тақ кардан verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Tatar

2 entries

шакылдарга verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
шакылдатырга verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Thai

3 entries

เคาะ noun (abrupt rapping sound)
น็อก verb (to bump or impact)
เคาะ verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Turkish

4 entries

tokuşturmak verb (to bump or impact)
tıklatmak verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
vurmak verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
vurmak verb (to bump or impact)

Turkmen

1 entries

kakmak verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Ukrainian

4 entries

стук noun (abrupt rapping sound)
удар noun (impact)
сту́кати verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
сту́кнути verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Urdu

1 entries

کھٹکھٹانا verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئۇرماق verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Uzbek

2 entries

taqillatmoq verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)
urmoq verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Vietnamese

1 entries

gõ verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Welsh

2 entries

cnoc noun (abrupt rapping sound)
cnocio verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Xhosa

1 entries

nkqonkqoza verb (to rap one's knuckles against something)

Yiddish

2 entries

קלאַפּן verb (to bump or impact)
שלאָגן verb (to bump or impact)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

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I consider the Jehovah's witnesses who knock on my door all the time to be no different from religious zealots trying to force their beliefs on me.

Source: tatoeba (1935)

Could you knock down the price if I buy two?

Source: tatoeba (32515)

He made for the door to answer the knock.

Source: tatoeba (35769)

Please knock before you come in.

Source: tatoeba (38460)

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