ALL meanings of knock up
knock up
K k - verb without object knock up to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering. 1
- verb without object knock up to strike in collision; bump: He knocked into a table. 1
- verb without object knock up to make a pounding noise: The engine of our car is knocking badly. 1
- verb without object knock up Informal. to engage in trivial or carping criticism; find fault. 1
- verb without object knock up Cards. to end a game, as in gin rummy, by laying down a hand in which those cards not included in sets total less than a specific amount. 1
- verb with object knock up to give a sounding or forcible blow to; hit; strike; beat. 1
- verb with object knock up to drive, force, or render by a blow or blows: to knock a man senseless. 1
- verb with object knock up to make by striking a blow or blows: to knock a hole in the wall. 1
- verb with object knock up to strike (a thing) against something else. 1
- verb with object knock up Informal. to criticize, especially in a carping manner: He's always knocking everything. 1
- verb with object knock up British Slang. to astound; impress greatly. 1
- noun knock up an act or instance of knocking. 1
- noun knock up the sound of knocking, especially a rap, as at a door. 1
- noun knock up a blow or thump. 1
- noun knock up Informal. an adverse criticism. 1
- noun knock up the noise resulting from faulty combustion or from incorrect functioning of some part of an internal-combustion engine. 1
- noun knock up Cricket. an innings. 1
- noun knock up British Slang. one of a combination of dealers who bid together, rather than against each other, at an auction, and later resell the purchases among themselves. an auction at which this is done. the sale of merchandise recently obtained by a dealer at an auction. 1
- idioms knock up have it knocked, Slang. to be assured of success: With a government job, he thought he had it knocked. 1
- idioms knock up knock out of the box, Baseball. to cause a pitcher to be removed from the box because the pitcher has permitted too many hits to be made. Also, knock out. 1
- idioms knock up knock the / one's socks off, Informal. to have an overwhelming effect on: The song knocked the socks off the audience. 1
- transitivephrasal verb knock up call on sb 1
- transitivephrasal verb knock up make pregnant 1
- noun knock up tennis: pre-game practice 1
- intransitivephrasal verb knock up tennis: practise before game 1
- transitivephrasal verb knock up make or put together hurriedly 1
- phrasal verb knock up If you knock something up, you make it or build it very quickly, using whatever materials are available. 0
- phrasal verb knock up If you knock someone up, you knock on the door of their bedroom or of their house in the night or in the morning in order to wake them up. 0
- phrasal verb knock up If a woman is knocked up by a man, she is made pregnant by him. 0
- verb knock up to assemble quickly; improvise 0
- verb knock up to waken; rouse 0
- verb knock up to make pregnant 0
- verb knock up to exhaust 0
- verb knock up to score (runs) 0
- verb knock up to practise or hit the ball about informally, esp before a match 0
- noun knock up a practice session at tennis, squash, or a similar game 0
- noun knock up a practice session at tennis, squash, or a similar game played with racquets and a ball 0
- noun knock up to tire out; exhaust 0
- noun knock up to wake (someone), as by knocking at the door 0