Found 3 items, similar to knocks.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: knock
gemetar, ketokan, menampar, mencela, mengetok, pukulan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: knock
knock
n 1: the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or
bearing); 
“the knocking grew louder” [syn: 
knocking]
2: negative criticism [syn: 
roast]
3: a vigorous blow; 
“the sudden knock floored him”; 
“he took a
bash right in his face”; 
“he got a bang on the head” [syn:
bash, 
bang, 
smash, 
belt]
4: a bad experience; 
“the school of hard knocks”
5: the act of hitting vigorously; 
“he gave the table a whack”
[syn: 
belt, 
rap, 
whack, 
whang]
knock
v 1: deliver a sharp blow or push :
“He knocked the glass clear
across the room” [syn: 
strike hard]
2: rap with the knuckles; 
“knock on the door”
3: knock against with force or violence; 
“My car bumped into
the tree” [syn: 
bump]
4: make light, repeated taps on a surface; 
“he was tapping his
fingers on the table impatiently” [syn: 
tap, 
rap, 
pink]
5: sound like a car engine that is firing too early; 
“the car
pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline”; 
“The car pinked
when the ignition was too far retarded” [syn: 
pink, 
ping]
6: find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or
perceived flaws; 
“The paper criticized the new movie”;
“Don't knock the food--it's free” [syn: 
criticize, 
criticise,
pick apart] [ant: 
praise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: knock
backfire 
\backfire\, back fire 
\back fire\
1. A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn
only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet
both must go out for lack of fuel.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.
(a) A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil
engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke,
tending to drive the piston in a direction reverse to
that in which it should travel; also called a 
knock
or 
ping.
(b) an explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal
combustion engine.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]