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knock-knocking

knock-knocking is the present participle and gerund of knock-knock.

Meaning of knock-knock

Verb

knock-knock (third-person singular simple present knock-knocks, present participle knock-knocking, simple past and past participle knock-knocked)

  1. (ambitransitive, colloquial) To make such a sound, as by knocking on (something).
    • Formally, the poll tax will die today, but it will carry on knock-knocking from the grave.1993 March 31, Jack Straw, “Poll tax dies but haunts democracy: The damage to councils will be difficult to repair, argues Jack Straw”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN...

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Questions about knock-knocking

What is knock-knocking the present participle and gerund of?
Knock-knocking is the present participle and gerund of knock-knock.

Words near knock-knocking in the dictionary

  1. knock-knock burglary
  2. knock-knock ginger
  3. knock-knock joke
  4. knock-knock jokes
  5. knock-knocked
  6. knock-knocking
  7. knock-knocks
  8. knock-me-down
  9. knock-off
  10. knock-offs
  11. knock-on

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