knocked in
knocked in is the simple past and past participle of knock in.
Meaning of knock in
Verb
knock in (third-person singular simple present knocks in, present participle knocking in, simple past and past participle knocked in)
- To enter college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked.
- "Close the oak, Jem," said Horace Eglantine, "and take care no one knocks in before we have knocked down the contents of your master's musical melange."1825, Charles Molloy Westmacott, The English Spy, page 138
- To pot (a ball)
- To score (a break)
- With the tension rising Brecel knocked in a timely 51 to leave himself on the brink of victory, which he confirmed with a stylish 112 break.2023 May 1, Steve Sutcliffe, “World Snooker Championship 2023 final: Luca Brecel beats Mark Selby for first world title”, in BBC Sport
Questions about knocked in
- What is knocked in the simple past and past participle of?
- Knocked in is the simple past and past participle of knock in.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: knocked in (page history and authors); knock in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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