knock up
knock
nɑ:k
naak
up
ƌp
ap
/nˈɒk ˈʌp/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "knock up"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to knock up
[phrase form: knock]
01

āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϤāĻžā§œāĻžāϤāĻžā§œāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something quickly and easily, often without much care or effort
Dialectbritish flagBritish
to knock up definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She knocked up a few sketches for the new product design.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϚ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to cause a woman to become pregnant
Informal
Offensive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's worried that she might be knocked up after that one-night stand.
āϏ⧇ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻāĻ• āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ⧀ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āφāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻšā§‡āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ āĻšāĻŋāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(in tennis) to warm up for a match by hitting a few balls back and forth for a short time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The coach told the players to knock up before starting their practice drills.
āϕ⧋āϚ āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāϞ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āφāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϞāϤ⧋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋, āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāϰāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞāĻž

to wake someone up by gently banging on their door
Dialectbritish flagBritish
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I knocked up my friend for work.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ