Knock

·noun A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.

II. Knock ·vt To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.

III. Knock ·noun A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.

IV. Knock ·add. ·vi To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously.

V. Knock ·add. ·vt To impress strongly or forcibly; to Astonish; to move to admiration or applause.

VI. Knock ·vi To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to Rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.

VII. Knock ·vi To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to Clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

VIII. Knock ·vt To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.