See knock in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:
bash, catch, clout, hit, pop1, slam, slog, slug3, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop. (Informal) biff, bop, clip1, wallop. (Slang) belt, conk, paste. Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone. See attack, strikeTo make a noise by striking:
rap1, tap1. See sounds- (Slang)
To find fault with:
blame, censure, criticize, fault, rap1. (Informal) cut up, pan. See praise
phrasal verb knock about or
aroundTo be rough or brutal with:
manhandle, rough (up), slap around. (Slang) mess up. See attack, strikeTo injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear:
batter, mangle1, maul, rough up. See attack, help, strike- (Informal)
To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about:
bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thrash out (or over), thresh out (or over), toss around. (Informal) hash (over), kick around. (Slang) rap3. Idiom: go into a huddle. See words
phrasal verb knock downTo cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:
bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell1, flatten, floor, ground, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. (Slang) deck1. Idiom: lay low. See riseTo pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible:
demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, tear down, wreck. (Aerospace) destruct. See help
phrasal verb knock off- (Informal)
To take away (a quantity) from another quantity:
abate, deduct, discount, rebate, subtract, take (off). See increase - (Slang)
To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully:
destroy, finish (off), kill1, liquidate, murder, slay. (Informal) put away. (Slang) bump off, do in, off, rub out, waste, wipe out, zap. See help - (Slang)
To take property or possessions from (a person or company, for example) unlawfully and usually forcibly:
hold up, rob, stick up. (Slang) heist. See crimes, give
phrasal verb knock outTo render powerless or motionless, as by inflicting severe injury:
cripple, disable, immobilize, incapacitate, paralyze. Idiom: put out of action (or commission). See help- (Informal)
To make extremely tired:
exhaust, fag (out), tire out, wear out. (Informal) tucker (out). (Slang) do in, poop1 (out). Idioms: run ragged, take it out of. See tired
phrasal verb knock overTo turn or cause to turn from a vertical or horizontal position:
capsize, overthrow, overturn, topple, turn over, upset. See change, horizontal, move
noun
The sound made by a light blow:
rap1, tap1. See sounds- (Slang)
A comment expressing fault:
blame, censure, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, reprehension, reprobation. (Informal) pan. See praise
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