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knock

English

🔊 the act of hitting vigorously
“he gave the table a whack”
🔊 negative criticism
🔊 a bad experience
“the school of hard knocks”
🔊 the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
“the knocking grew louder”
🔊 a vigorous blow
“the sudden knock floored him”
🔊 find fault with
“The paper criticized the new movie”
🔊 deliver a sharp blow or push
“He knocked the glass clear across the room”
🔊 rap with the knuckles
“knock on the door”
🔊 knock against with force or violence
“My car bumped into the tree”
🔊 sound like a car engine that is firing too early
“the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline”
🔊 make light, repeated taps on a surface
“he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently”