From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Knock \Knock\, n.
1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
[1913 Webster]
2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. " A knock at
the door." --Longfellow.
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A loud cry or some great knock. --Holland.
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{Knock off}, See {knock off} in the vocabulary.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
knock off \knock off\, n.
a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the
needles.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
knock off \knock off\, v. i. & t.
1. to quit (working).
[PJC]
2. to accomplish; -- frequently used when the task is
accomplished rapidly.
[PJC]
3. to kill; to defeat (opponents). [Colloq.]
[PJC]
4. to discount, to deduct (a sum from a price).
[PJC]
5. to rob.
Syn: knock over.
[PJC]
6. to make a knockoff of; to copy or imitate, usually without
permission or admission of copying. --[MW10]
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knock off
v 1: get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The
mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was
neutralized" [syn: {neutralize}, {neutralise}, {liquidate},
{waste}, {knock off}, {do in}]
2: cut the price of [syn: {shave}, {knock off}]
3: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: {hook},
{snitch}, {thieve}, {cop}, {knock off}, {glom}]
4: write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying
she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-
you note to the hostess" [syn: {dash off}, {scratch off},
{knock off}, {toss off}, {fling off}]
5: stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"
[syn: {drop}, {knock off}]
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