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knocking around

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

Meaning of knock around

Verb

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

  1. (informal) Synonym of knock about.
    • I like to knock around the garden on Saturdays.
    Synonyms:
    knock about

Questions about knocking around

What is knocking around the present participle and gerund of?
Knocking around is the present participle and gerund of knock around.

Words near knocking around in the dictionary

  1. knocking a buzzard off a gut wagon
  2. knocking a buzzard off a shit wagon
  3. knocking a dog off a gut wagon
  4. knocking a skunk off a gut wagon
  5. knocking about
  6. knocking around
  7. knocking at the door of
  8. knocking back
  9. knocking boots
  10. knocking dead
  11. knocking down

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