verb#1,484 by frequency

knock

/nɒk/

To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood; To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door; To criticize verbally

Meanings

1
To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood
- Tom knocked on the door.
  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- Mary knocked on the door.
  Tatoeba · frpzzd · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door
3
To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue
4
To bump or impact
5
To kick a ball towards another player; to passrare
6
To hit a ball into playrare
7
To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applauserare
8
To have sex withrare
9
To prosecute under the law; to arrest, imprison, etcrare
10
To end play by declaring one's hand to have under a certain amount of deadwoodrare

nounnot in the study set

/nɒk/

An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood; A sharp impact; A criticism; A blow or setback

1
An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood
- Tom heard a knock at the door.
  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- I heard a knock at the door.
  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
A sharp impact
3
A criticism
4
A blow or setback
5
Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it