knock

CEFRA2

/nɒk/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To hit a surface, usually several times, making a sound.

  2. 02

    verb

    To strike someone or something and cause them to fall or move.

Examples

  • Could you knock down the price if I buy two?

  • He made for the door to answer the knock.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A criticism.

  2. A sharp impact.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A sound made by hitting a door or surface.

More examples

In context

  • There was a knock at the door.

  • He had a good knock and scored well.

  • He played a slow but sure knock of 35.

Synonyms

Quick test

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To signal your arrival politely, you must blank the door before entering.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English knokken, from Old English cnocian, ġecnocian, ġecnucian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *knew- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-, *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 (“to squeeze”), Swedish knocka (“to hug”)). More at knuckle.