āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to knock
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āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to hit a door, surface, etc. in a way to attract attention, especially expecting it to be opened
Intransitive: to knock on a surface
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The neighbor decided to knock on the door to return the borrowed sugar.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļā§ āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ ā§āĻāĻž
to hit or strike with force, often accidentally
Transitive: to knock sth against | to knock sth on sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She knocked her head on the low ceiling while going up the stairs.
āĻ¸āĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž
to hit an object with enough intensity to cause it to shift or topple
Transitive: to knock sth somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She knocked the book off the shelf while reaching for another.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻāĻļā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĢ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to strike something with force, resulting in a sharp, audible sound
Transitive: to knock sb/sth somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The boxer knocked his opponent out of the ring with a powerful punch.
āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇāĻā§ āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
05
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to express disapproval or point out shortcomings in someone or something
Transitive: to knock sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She always seems to knock his choice of clothes, no matter what he wears.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¯āĻž-āĻ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻ¨, āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻā§āĻāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
(of an engine) produce a sharp, metallic noise caused by the premature or uneven ignition of the air-fuel mixture
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Driving uphill with a heavy load can cause the engine to knock if not properly tuned.
āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ uphill āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
01
āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
02
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž
negative criticism
03
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤, āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§
the act of hitting vigorously
04
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻžāĻ°
a vigorous blow
05
āĻāĻāĻžāĻ¤, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻž
a bad experience
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
knocker
knocking
knock
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
