knock

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
2. (countable, uncountable) A sharp impact.
3. (countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable) A criticism.
4. (countable, figuratively, informal, uncountable) A blow or setback.
5. (uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
6. (countable, slang, uncountable) A batsman's innings.
7. (countable, uncountable) A ball hit into play, especially one that becomes a hit.
8. (uncountable) Synonym of hunger knock.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
2. (dated, transitive) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
3. (colloquial, transitive) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
4. (transitive) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
5. (transitive) To hit a ball into play.
6. (British, dated, slang, transitive) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
7. (ambitransitive, dated) To bump or impact.
8. (slang, transitive) To have sex with.
9. (slang, transitive) To prosecute under the law; to arrest, imprison, etc.
10. (intransitive) To end play by declaring one's hand to have under a certain amount of deadwood.

Concepts

frapper

coup

battre

cogner

heurter

critiquer

taper

toucher

reprendre

ceinture

cognement

rap

rentrer dans

robinet

rose

🌹

rôti

rôtir

secouer

tapoter

tâter

donner un coup

frapper à la porte

frapper fort

toc

enfoncer un clou dans

toquer

choc

coup de poing

👊

estampiller

griller

heurt

💥

marteler

palpiter

pic

pivert

poing

✊

Synonymes

hit

strike

beat

rap

tap

bump

pound

💷

blow

bang

punch

👊

stroke

criticize

smash

belt

smite

rattle

hammer

🔨

whack

smack

thump

bash

knocking

clatter

slap

jostle

shock

⚡

pink

impact

clobber

elbow

push

ram

🐏

chatter

whop

swat

collide

jab

buffet

hitting

clout

stub

bop

ridicule

force

clank

shove

ping

censure

criticise

poke

Traductions

klopfen

kloppen

golpear

bater

colpire

bussare

schlagen

colpo

golpe

slaan

picchiare

copejar

χτυπώ

battere

botta

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/nɒk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: knokken

Hérité de ancien anglais: cnocian

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: knochen

Appartenant à ancien anglais: cnuian

Appartenant à vieux norrois: knoka

Appartenant à danois: knuge

Appartenant à suédois: knocka

In summary

From Middle English knokken, from Old English cnocian, ġecnocian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *knew- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-, *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”). The English word is cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to hit”), Old English cnuian, cnuwian (“to pound, knock”), Old Norse knoka (compare Danish knuge (“to squeeze”), Swedish knocka (“to hug”)).