Found 3 items, similar to knocking.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: knock
gemetar, ketokan, menampar, mencela, mengetok, pukulan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: knocking
knocking
n : the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or
bearing);
“the knocking grew louder” [syn:
knock]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Knocking
Knock
\Knock\ (n[o^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Knocked (n[o^]kt);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Knocking.] [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian,
cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka. Cf.
Knack.]
1. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against
something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against
another. --Bacon.
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2. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap;
as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
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For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
--Dryden.
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Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you. --Matt. vii.
7.
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3. To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize
habitually or captiously. [Slang, U. S.]
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To knock about, to go about, taking knocks or rough usage;
to wander about; to saunter. [Colloq.]
“Knocking about
town.” --W. Irving.
To knock up, to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn
out, as with labor; to give out.
“The horses were
beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe
service.” --De Quincey.
To knock off, to cease, as from work; to desist.
To knock under, to yield; to submit; to acknowledge one's
self conquered; -- an expression probably borrowed from
the practice of knocking under the table with the
knuckles, when conquered.
“Colonel Esmond knocked under
to his fate.” --Thackeray.
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Knocking
\Knock"ing\, n.
A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
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The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the
ground by the Chinese worshiper. --H. Spencer.
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