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knock
verb- to criticise, to disparage US, 1865
- [H]e comes in, in his little button-down collar shirt and striped tie, and starts knocking Turgenev for about half an hour. — J.D. Salinger, Franny and Zooey, p. 15, 1961
- It’s all very well to knock the men in white, Mike, but you must bear in mind that referees have many difficulties confronting them[.] — Alexander Buzo, The Roy Murphy Show, p. 107, 1970
- When I got some readers’ letters knocking her [Princess Diana] I was saddened. — The News of the World, p. 24, 1997
- I mean, who are you to knock what you’ve never experienced. — Cruel Intentions, 1999
- It’s like gay sex, don’t knock it ’til you try it. — Andrew Fraser, Attitude, 25 October 2003
- to defraud, to cheat, especially by passing a fraudulent cheque or by obtaining and dishonouring a credit arrangement UK
- [F]ind a punter to get you out of trouble. Then you knock him. — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 26, 1962
- "They all knock me," says Tony. "knocking" is the same as "flying the kite," meaning spinning the credit line out and out. — Tom Wolfe, The Pump House Gang, p. 199, 1968
- to steal; to rob UK, 1919
- Nobody knew how to knock a safe at that time. — Bruce Jackson, In the Life, p. 66, 1972
- So it’s your bliddy fault I knocked her purse! — Ian Pattison, Rab C. Nesbitt, 1988
- to arrest US
- — Carsten Stroud, Close Pursuit, p. 273, 1987
- “Yonkers incite riot…” that’s what the local newspaper, the Herald Statesman, said after I got knocked in a Toyota Corolla in front of my building. — Earl “DMX” Simmons, E.A.R.L., p. 111, 2002
- to kill AUSTRALIA, 1911
- — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 104, 1947
- knocked: murdered — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 53, 1977
- to wound AUSTRALIA, 1917
- — Leonard Mann, Flesh in Armour, p. 56, 1932
- A cobber got knocked. Going to see him. — Lawson Glassop, We were the Rats, p. 174, 1944
- What with the old man getting knocked, and his woman waiting, things had broken all my way. — Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, p. 197, 1945
- to exhaust; to debilitate AUSTRALIA
- First day of ’ard yacker [work] knocks yer. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 51, 1957
- Jees, bloody potent stuff, this. Fair knocks you. — Alexander Buzo, Rooted, p. 36, 1969
- to have sexual intercourse with someone UK, 1598
- It was more important to back up your mates than to knock a sheila. — William Dick, A Bunch of Ratbags, p. 220, 1965
- to make an amorous approach to (a person) AUSTRALIA, 1934
- Blokes who skite about being adepts in the art of knocking girls can be put to the test. — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 49, 1947
- to be unable to make a move in a game, such as dominoes UK, 1984
Almost certainly derived from the player’s action of knocking on the table to signal an inability to move. - to disclose that a pool player is a professional US
- — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 18, 1990
- to post (a letter) US
- For the last six months listeners had "knocked" 2,500 to 3,000 "hunks of linen" a week to the 1290 Club’s M.C., young (28) vacant-faced Fred Robbins. — Time Magazine, p. 92, 20 January 1947
▶ couldn’t knock the skin off a rice pudding
weak, impotent; used contemptuously of an inferior fighter UK, 1946- — Partridge and Beale, A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, 1985
▶ knock a chunk off
to have sex from the male perspective US- I was alone because my partner, a piss-poor excuse for a cop named Syd Bacon, was laying up in a hotel room knocking a chunk off some bubble-assed taxi dancer he was going with. — Joseph Wambaugh, The Blue Knight, p. 203, 1973
▶ knock a fade
to leave US- — Kenn W. Young, Naz’s Underground Dictionary, p. 42, 1973
▶ knock a scarf
to eat a meal US- — Marcus Hanna Boulware, Jive and Slang of Students in Negro Colleges, 1947
▶ knock at the door
in horse racing, to have nearly won several recent races US- — Robert Saunders Dowst and Jay Craig, Playing the Races, p. 165, 1960
▶ knock boots
to have sex, especially anal sex US- JAY: I tell you what, though, I don’t care if she is my cousin, I’m gonna knock those boots again tonight. — Clerks, 1994
- And Rex, he just wants to go on tour and knock the boots. — Airheads, 1994
- “Tell me you don’t want her to wrap her long legs around your black neck and knock your boots from here to Tijuana.” — Eric Jerome Dickey, Cheaters, p. 177, 1999
- — Gary K. Farlow, Prison-ese, p. 37, 2002
▶ knock dog
to be for sale at a low price TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- — Lise Winer, Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
▶ knock ’em cold; knock ’em dead
to amaze an audience, to have a sensational success UK, 1961
From boxing.- John–who was shaping up to be a first-class pervert–whistled as the driver held the door open for me. "knock ‘em dead. hottie." he called after me with an exaggerated wink. — Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, p. 263, 2003
▶ knock for six- to utterly overcome, to inconvenience gravely UK, 1902
Cricketing imagery, where a “six” or “sixer” is a shot that clears the boundary. - He zooms down it, knocks ‘em for six, what a man! — Barry Oakley, A Salute to the Great McCarthy, p. 141, 1970
- Unwilling to test the law for fear a jury might knock his case for a sixer. — Flame, p. 3, 1972
- Sir David Tweedie [...] is charged with sorting out an international accounting industry knocked for six by America’s corporate scandals. — The Guardian, 29 June 2002
- to astound UK, 1949
- [Y]ou may be knocked for six to learn that for them English poetry is a triangular constellation made up of Charles Tomlinson, Geoffrey Hill and Roy Fisher. — The Guardian, 17 April 2004
▶ knock into a cocked hat
to damage someone or something very considerably US, 1833- [Graham] Norton said: “I’ve always fancied turning on the Christmas lights in Oxford Street but this [a stunt for Comic Relief] beats that into a cocked hat.” — BBC News, 8 February 2003
- Japan has the UK whipped into a cocked hat. — The Guardian, 6 March 2003
▶ knock into the middle of next week; knock into next week
to hit violently, even fatally; especially, to deliver a blow that causes insensibility UK, 1821
Originally used of boxers.- He might just as easy have knocked you into the middle of next week. For all he’s not outsize, when he’s in the mood he can be a tough one to take. — Dell Shannon, Mark of Murder, p. 90, 1967
▶ knock it off
to have sexual intercourse AUSTRALIA- A mate of mine said his missus was knockin’ it off with the bloke that reads the meters[.] — T. A. G. Hungerford, Stories From Suburban Road, p. 192, 1983
▶ knock it on the head; knock on the head
to stop talking; to stop doing something or stop something happening; to finish an activity UK, 1871
Often as an imperative (knock it on the head!). Obviously derives from a final blow that renders someone unconscious, or kills a snake, or drives a nail home.- I went over to have a chat and told him to knock it on the head. He wasn’t in the mood to be reasonable[.] — Dave Courtney, Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off, p. 213, 1999
- Immediately, I knocked the drink and the fags on the head. — Jimmy Stockin, On The Cobbles, pp. 31–32, 2000
- He’ll knock the tunnel idea on the head. Kick it into touch. — Jack Allen, When the Whistle Blows, p. 227, 2000
- At a meeting that afternoon they’d agreed to knock it on the head[.] — The Guardian, 22 November 2002
▶ knock it out
to have sex US- — Edith A. Folb, Runnin’ Down Some Lines, p. 244, 1980
▶ knock one off
to have sex, especially in a perfunctory manner US, 1924- The moment was there. I wanted to, but I couldn’t just ... knock one off. Okay? — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 332, 1999
▶ knock one out
to masturbate to orgasm UK, 1990
Possibly related to KNOCK OUT (to manufacture or supply cheaply).- Do you need to knock one out ‘cos you’ve not ‘ad a shag for so long? — Colin Butts, Is Harry on the Boat?, p. 111, 1997
- I really didn’t fancy knocking one out in the bogs[.] — Wayne Anthony, Spanish Highs, p. 91, 1999
- I’ve never had a wank over the picture me’self, you know what I mean? I’m not sure that I’ve got her picture out and purposefully knocked one out over her. — Q, p. 13, May 2001
- In fact, he actually considered pulling out his dick and knocking one out right there. — Andrew Holmes, Sleb, p. 185, 2002
▶ knock out tongue
to kiss with open mouths US- Some brother has a girl all pinned up against the side of the house knocking out much tongue. — Menace II Society, 1993
▶ knock rotten
to punch or strike fiercely; to daze (a person) by hitting them; to stun AUSTRALIA- If you criticised beer like that in Sydney or Melbourne, you’d get knocked rotten. — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 113, 1965
- The Doc had worked up so much momentum that he flattened the kid’s mate in the same swing and he did not even notice. Both kids were knocked rotten. — Kerry Cue, Crooks, Chooks and Bloody Ratbags, p. 195, 1983
▶ knock seven bells out of
to physically beat someone very severely UK, 1929
▶ knock someone’s eyes out
to astound someone AUSTRALIA- This one knocks my eyes out! I only got one eye. I can’t stand it. — Christina Stead, The Man who Loved Children, p. 65, 1940
- [N]aturally you’ll want a proper office, a really swanky one next time, one that’ll knock all their eyes out. — Neville Jackson, No End to the Way, p. 167, 1965
▶ knock spots off
to surpass US, 1856- There’s this bird I’ve been seeing around, Rufe. A real little darling. Knocks spots off Wendy. — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 62, 1969
- For sheer wit, sensuality and technical bravura, it knocked spots off anything I saw on that year’s fringe. — The Guardian, 25 July 2002
▶ knock the drawing room out of someone
to condition or toughen someone physically NEW ZEALAND- It was not fit to ride and I was not going to ride it again. Mr. Tripp smacked his thigh, clapped his hands and laughed. “That will knock the drawing room out of you!” he said. — A.J. Balkiston, My Yesteryears, p. 16, 1952
▶ knock the slack out
to accelerate (a truck or car) US- — Wayne Floyd, Jason’s Authentic Dictionary of CB Slang, p. 20, 1976
▶ knock your wig
to comb your hair US- — Marcus Hanna Boulware, Jive and Slang of Students in Negro Colleges, 1947
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