knock (noun)
11knock-down-drag-out — adj [only before noun] AmE informal a knock down drag out argument or fight is an extremely angry or violent one …
12knock-back — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: from knock back, v. Australia : rebuff, refusal he s had a knock back from his old man John Morrison …
13knock-rating — knockˈ rating noun The measurement of freedom from knocking of a fuel in an internal combustion engine, as compared with a standard fuel • • • Main Entry: ↑knock …
14knock-up — knockˈ up noun (in tennis, etc) practice immediately before a match • • • Main Entry: ↑knock …
15knock|a|bout — «NOK uh BOWT», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a small, easily handled sailboat having one mast, a mainsail, and a jib, but without a bowsprit. 2. something suitable for rough use, such as a car: »He drives an old knockabout. 3. British. a) slapstick;… …
16knock|er-up — «NOK uhr UHP», noun, plural knock|ers up. British. a person who calls the resident of a house to the door in order to prepare the ground for someone else to solicit or canvass: »Three hundred yards away…the candidate, is canvassing with six… …
17knock|out — «NOK OWT», noun, adjective. –n. 1. the act of knocking out: »The boxer won the fight by a knockout. 2. the condition of being knocked out. 3. a blow that knocks out. 4. U.S. Slang. a very attractive person; overwhelming or striking thing. –adj.… …
18knock-knee — noun Date: 1879 a condition in which the legs curve inward at the knees • knock kneed adjective …
19knock-down-drag-out — noun see knock down, drag out …
20knock-for-knock agreement — noun An arrangement between multiple insurance companies in which each company pays the losses incurred by its own policy holders in an event regardless of who was at fault (now, used almost only for motor insurance) …
