English Noun knock an abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood I heard a knock on my door. an impact He took a knock on the head. the act of hitting a tennis ball with a partner for warm up purposes Translations Dutch: kloppen n (1), aankloppen n (1), klap m (2) Finnish: koputus (1); isku (2) French: coup m(1) (2) German: Klopfen n (1), Schlag m (2) Indonesian: ketukan, ketokan (1); benturan (2) Verb to knock to rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood Knock on the door and find out if they're home. to bump or impact I knocked against the table and bruised my leg. to hit a tennis ball with a practice partner to warm up before a match to denigrate, undervalue (possibly obscure or colloquial) Don't knock it until you've tried it. Translations Dutch: kloppen (1), aankloppen (1), botsen (2) Finnish: koputtaa (1); törmätä (2) French: frapper (1) German: klopfen Indonesian: ketuk, ketok (1), bentur, tabrak (2) Vietnamese: gõ (1) Related terms knock about knock down knocker knocking shop knock it off knock knock knock off knockoff knock one's socks off knock out knockout knock over knock up school of hard knocks
Noun knock an abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood I heard a knock on my door. an impact He took a knock on the head. the act of hitting a tennis ball with a partner for warm up purposes Translations Dutch: kloppen n (1), aankloppen n (1), klap m (2) Finnish: koputus (1); isku (2) French: coup m(1) (2) German: Klopfen n (1), Schlag m (2) Indonesian: ketukan, ketokan (1); benturan (2) Verb to knock to rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood Knock on the door and find out if they're home. to bump or impact I knocked against the table and bruised my leg. to hit a tennis ball with a practice partner to warm up before a match to denigrate, undervalue (possibly obscure or colloquial) Don't knock it until you've tried it. Translations Dutch: kloppen (1), aankloppen (1), botsen (2) Finnish: koputtaa (1); törmätä (2) French: frapper (1) German: klopfen Indonesian: ketuk, ketok (1), bentur, tabrak (2) Vietnamese: gõ (1) Related terms knock about knock down knocker knocking shop knock it off knock knock knock off knockoff knock one's socks off knock out knockout knock over knock up school of hard knocks
