knock | noun (n.) A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar. |
| noun (n.) A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. |
| verb (v. i.) To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another. |
| verb (v. i.) To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door. |
| verb (v. t.) To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table. |
| verb (v. t.) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door. |
| verb (v. i.) To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously. |
| verb (v. t.) To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause. |
knockdown | noun (n.) A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal. |
| noun (n.) That which knocks one down; something that overpowers or overwhelms, as strong liquor; specif., a kind of ale or beer that is very strong. |
| noun (n.) A knocking down; a felling by a knock; a blow that overwhelms; also, a fist fight. |
| noun (n.) Something that knocks down, or takes apart, for packing or removal, as a piece of furniture; also, state of being knocked down, or taken apart. |
| adjective (a.) Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument. |
| adjective (a.) Of such force as to fell or overthrow; overwhelming; as, a knockdown blow. |
| adjective (a.) Designating a rivet end to be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening. |
| adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the act of knocking down at an auction; specif., designating the price below which an article will not be disposed by the auctioneer. |
| adjective (a.) Made or constructed so as to be capable of being knocked down or taken apart, as for transportation. |
knocker | noun (n.) One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance. |
| noun (n.) A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine; one who wins admiration; a "stunner." |
| noun (n.) A species of large cockroach, esp. Blabera gigantea, of semitropical America, which as able to produce a loud knocking sound. |
knot | noun (n.) A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling. |
| noun (n.) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself. |
| noun (n.) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon. |
| noun (n.) A bond of union; a connection; a tie. |
| noun (n.) Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem. |
| noun (n.) A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc. |
| noun (n.) A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians. |
| noun (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth. |
| noun (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance. |
| noun (n.) A protuberant joint in a plant. |
| noun (n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter. |
| noun (n.) See Node. |
| noun (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour. |
| noun (n.) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots. |
| noun (n.) A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot. |
| noun (n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne. |
| verb (v. t.) To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. |
| verb (v. t.) To unite closely; to knit together. |
| verb (v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. |
| verb (v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled. |
| verb (v. i.) To knit knots for fringe or trimming. |
| verb (v. i.) To copulate; -- said of toads. |
knotted | adjective (a.) Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak. |
| adjective (a.) Interwoven; matted; entangled. |
| adjective (a.) Having intersecting lines or figures. |
| adjective (a.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks. |
| adjective (a.) Entangled; puzzling; knotty. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Knot |
know | noun (n.) Knee. |
| verb (v. i.) To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty. |
| verb (v. i.) To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information. |
| verb (v. i.) To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization. |
| verb (v. i.) To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure. |
| verb (v. i.) To have sexual commerce with. |
| verb (v. i.) To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of. |
| verb (v. i.) To be assured; to feel confident. |
knockabout | noun (n.) A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next larger type is called a raceabout. |
| noun (n.) A knockabout performer or performance. |
| noun (n.) A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. |
| adjective (a.) Marked by knocking about or roughness. |
| adjective (a.) Of noisy and violent character. |
| adjective (a.) Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither. |
| adjective (a.) That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. |