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knockt

knockt is the simple past and past participle 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.

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Questions about knockt

What is knockt the simple past and past participle of?
Knockt is the simple past and past participle of knock.

Words near knockt in the dictionary

  1. knocks under
  2. knocks up
  3. knocks wood
  4. knockstone
  5. knockstones
  6. knockt
  7. knockthrough
  8. knockthroughs
  9. knockup
  10. knockups
  11. Knockupworth

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