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# knock

verb (knock, knocks, knocked, knocking; knock over, knock down, knock out); noun (a knock, knocks)

«knock» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To hit a door or window with your knuckles so people inside hear you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#m1)
2. To hit something by accident so it moves or falls: knock over a cup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#m2)
3. To hit or bump a part of your body: knock your knee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#m3)
4. A noun: the sound of knocking, or a hit or bump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#m4)
5. Knock down: to make a building or a person fall to the ground; knock out: to make someone unconscious or to beat a team so it leaves a competition. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#m5)

### In the lessons

Everyday manners: knock before you go into someone's room. Safety: a knock on the head should be told to an adult; don't open the door to a knock if you are home alone. In stories a knock at the door means someone has arrived and something will happen. Jokes: «knock knock» jokes. Phrases: knock on the door, knock over, knock down, knock out, a knock on the head, knock it off (stop it), knock-on effect.

### Examples

- Please knock before you come into my room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#x1)
- There was a loud knock at the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#x2)
- I knocked over my juice and it spilled everywhere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#x3)
- She knocked her elbow on the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#x4)
- They knocked down the old shed to build a playhouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#x5)
- Our team got knocked out of the cup in the semifinal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#x6)
- If you get a knock on the head, tell a teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#x7)
- Knock knock! Who's there? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#x8)
- The wind knocked the bin over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#x9)
- He knocked at the door--tap, tap. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/#x10)

### Note

The k is silent: say «nock». Regular verb: knocked. «Knock knock» starts a joke game. «Knock it off» is a casual way to say «stop it». Not used in maths for numbers, except a team knocked out leaves fewer teams in the competition.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «knock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/knock/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«knock» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/knock.html) on Mova free.