Hypertext Webster Gateway: "knock"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Knock
"Though Orientals are very jealous of their privacy, they never
knock when about to enter your room, but walk in without warning
or ceremony. It is nearly impossible to teach an Arab servant to
knock at your door. They give warning at the outer gate either
by calling or knocking. To stand and call is a very common and
respectful mode. Thus Moses commanded the holder of a pledge to
stand without and call to the owner to come forth (Deut. 24:10).
This was to avoid the violent intrusion of cruel creditors.
Peter stood knocking at the outer door (Acts 12:13, 16), and the
three men sent to Joppa by Cornelius made inquiry and 'stood
before the gate' (10:17, 18). The idea is that the guard over
your privacy is to be placed at the entrance."
Knocking is used as a sign of importunity (Matt. 7:7, 8; Luke
13:25), and of the coming of Christ (Luke 12:36; Rev. 3:20).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knock \Knock\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knocked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Knocking}.] [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of
imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka.Cf. {Knack}.]
1. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against
something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against
another. --Bacon.
2. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap;
as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
--Dryden.
Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you. --Matt. vii.
7.
{To knock about}, to go about, taking knocks or rough usage;
to wander about; to saunter. [Colloq.] ``Knocking about
town.'' --W. Irving.
{To knock up}, to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn
out, as with labor; to give out. ``The horses were
beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe
service.'' --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knock \Knock\, n.
1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. `` A knock
at the door.'' --Longfellow.
A loud cry or some great knock. --Holland.
{Knock off}, a device in a knitting machine to remove loops
from the needles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knock \Knock\ (n[o^]k), v. t.
1. 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.
When heroes knock their knotty heads together.
--Rowe.
2. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
Master, knock the door hard. --Shak.
{To knock down}.
(a) To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by
blows; as, to knock down an assailant.
(b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or
knock; to knock off.
{To knock in the head}, or {on the head}, to stun or kill by
a blow upon the head; hence, to put am end to; to defeat,
as a scheme or project; to frustrate; to quash. [Colloq.]
-- {To knock off}.
(a) To force off by a blow or by beating.
(b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the
counter.
(c) To leave off (work, etc.). [Colloq.] -- {To knock
out}, to force out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out
the brains.
{To knock up}.
(a) To arouse by knocking.
(b) To beat or tire out; to fatigue till unable to do
more; as, the men were entirely knocked up. [Colloq.]
``The day being exceedingly hot, the want of food had
knocked up my followers.'' --Petherick.
(c) (Bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape
into book form, as printed sheets.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knock \Knock\, v. i.
To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize
habitually or captiously. [Vulgar Slang, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knock \Knock\, v. t.
To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to
admiration or applause. [Slang, Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
knock
n 1: the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or
bearing); "the knocking grew louder" [syn: {knocking}]
2: negative criticism [syn: {roast}]
3: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn:
{bash}, {bang}, {smash}, {belt}]
4: a bad experience; "the school of hard knocks"
5: the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
[syn: {belt}, {rap}, {whack}, {whang}]
v 1: deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear
across the room." [syn: {strike hard}]
2: rap with the knuckles; "knock on the door"
3: knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into
the tree" [syn: {bump}]
4: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his
fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: {tap}, {rap}, {pink}]
5: of car engines, when firing too early [syn: {ping}]
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