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knockest

knockest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of knock.

Meaning of knock

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
    • Knock on the door and find out if they’re home.
  2. (dated, transitive) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
    • Master, knock the door hard.c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  3. (colloquial, transitive) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
    • Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.
  4. (transitive) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
  5. (transitive) To hit a ball into play.
    • Despite enjoying more than their fair share of possession the visitors did not look like creating anything, with their lack of a killer ball painfully obvious as they harmlessly knocked the ball around outside the home side's box without ever looking like they would hurt them.2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 – 1 Birmingham”, in BBC Sport
  6. (UK, dated, slang, transitive) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.

See all 25 meanings of knock

Origin of knockest

knock + -est

Questions about knockest

What is knockest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knockest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of knock.

Words near knockest in the dictionary

  1. knocker-ups
  2. knockered
  3. knockerless
  4. knockers
  5. knockers up
  6. knockest
  7. knocketh
  8. Knockholt
  9. knockin
  10. knockin'
  11. knocking

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