āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
knock up
/nËÉk ËĘp/
to knock up
[phrase form: knock]
01
āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āϤāĻžā§āĻžāϤāĻžā§āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to make something quickly and easily, often without much care or effort
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She knocked up a few sketches for the new product design.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŦāϤ⧠āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāϰā§āĻāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻžāύā§
to cause a woman to become pregnant
Informal
Offensive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's worried that she might be knocked up after that one-night stand.
āϏ⧠āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧠āϏ⧠āϏā§āĻ āĻāĻ āϰāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŦāϤ⧠āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰā§āĻŽ āĻāĻĒ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ āĻšāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
(in tennis) to warm up for a match by hitting a few balls back and forth for a short time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The coach told the players to knock up before starting their practice drills.
āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āϞā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ
āύā§āĻļā§āϞāύ āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāϞ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰā§āĻŽ āĻāĻĒ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
04
āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻšāĻžāϞāĻāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϤā§āϞāĻž
to wake someone up by gently banging on their door
Dialect
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I knocked up my friend for work.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
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