knock up

Meaning

1. (colloquial) To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily.
2. (British) To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up.
3. (dated) To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.
4. (dated, intransitive) To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.
5. (US, slang) To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.
6. (intransitive) To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.
7. To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form.
8. (obsolete) To straighten up a stack of paper.

Synonyms

bang up

prang up

impregnate

hit up

knock into

bring in

put up the spout

knock down

run into

knock off

pull down

wake someone up

rouse

tire out

tucker

wake

wear out

bang into

barge into

hit upon

fatigue

pull in

awake

awaken

bump into

come in

concoct

contrive

fag out

get up

Translations

mettere in cinta

engrosser

svegliare bussando

engravidar

emprenyar

cansar

خَصَّبَ

schwängern

أخْصب

zusammenzimmern

durch Klopfen wecken

grob skizzieren

herbeizaubern

abnützen

embarassar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nɒk ʌp/