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knock-ups

knock-ups is the plural of knock-up.

Meaning of knock-up

Noun

knock-up (plural knock-ups)

  1. A short practice session before a tennis match.
    • In the way of friendly knockups I played at times with both the Renshaws and Lawford, but at that time there is no doubt that they were better than I was.1932, American Lawn Tennis, volume 26, page 72
  2. Something constructed shoddily or hastily.
    • One of those unadorned late-fifties hillside knockups posing as intentionally contemporary but really the product of a tight construction budget.2000, Jonathan Kellerman, Monster, page 47
  3. (slang) A pregnancy.
    • When will we wake up? I see young girls pregnant and young boys adding up their “knock-ups” like a scorecard at a mob gambling venue.2016, Veronica Valles, Back To The Center, page 54

Questions about knock-ups

What is knock-ups the plural of?
Knock-ups is the plural of knock-up.

Words near knock-ups in the dictionary

  1. knock-out
  2. knock-outs
  3. knock-shop
  4. knock-shops
  5. knock-up
  6. knock-ups
  7. knockabout
  8. knockabouts
  9. Knockagh
  10. Knockando
  11. knockaround

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