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What is the verb for knock?

What's the verb for knock? Here's the word you're looking for.

knock

(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
(transitive, dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
(transitive) To bump or impact.
(colloquial) To denigrate, undervalue.
(soccer) To pass, kick a ball towards another player.
(slang, dated, Britain) To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
Synonyms:

strike, hit, thump, punch, smack, bash, pound, wallop, slap, belt, whack, bang, clout, sock, clobber, beat, thwack, hammer, rap, bop, slug, swat, biff, crack, clip, batter, smite, whale, box, thrash, bludgeon, bat, slog, pummelled, pummel, bust, buffet, clock, cuff, paste, clap, drub, bonk, nail, bob, zap, tag, chin, thud, tap … more

Examples:

“It took all the strength I had not to lunge at him and knock him in the teeth.”

“The bigger branches are starting to knock against the low roof of the shed during strong winds.”

“You start to wonder why you haven't got a partner, and this can knock your self-esteem.”

knock down

(transitive) To hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.
(transitive) To demolish.
(transitive) At an auction, to declare (something) sold with a blow from the gavel.
(transitive, informal) To reduce the price of.
To drink fast.
(transitive, usually passive) To disassemble for shipment.
Synonyms:

demolish, destroy, raze, bulldoze, flatten, smash, tear down, level, ruin, wreck, devastate, total, pull down, pulverize, waste, pulverise, raze to the ground, desolate, decimate, cream, shatter, annihilate, wrack, vaporize, vaporise, nuke, obliterate, trash, unbuild, topple, extinguish, ravage, dismantle, wipe out, do in, rub out, fell, crush, remove, bomb, break up, blow up, break down, throw down, take apart, lay waste, bring down, spoil, torpedo, sink … more

Examples:

“The university has decided to knock down the old building and replace it with something new and state-of-the-art.”

“Dai Siming tried to knock down his opponent with explosive force, but Ye Zihua held his ground by contracting his biceps.”

“The children love to knock down the structures they've built from blocks.”

knocking

present participle of knock
Synonyms:

striking, hitting, thumping, punching, smacking, bashing, pounding, wallopping, walloping, slapping, belting, whacking, banging, clouting, socking, clobbering, beating, thwacking, hammering, rapping, bopping, slugging, swatting, biffing, cracking, clipping, battering, smiting, whaling, boxing, thrashing, bludgeoning, batting, slogging, pummelling, pummeling, busting, buffeting, buffetting, clocking, cuffing, pasting, clapping, drubbing, bonking, nailing, bobbing, zapping, tagging, chinning … more

knockdown

(genetics) To employ the knockdown technique

knocks down

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knock down
Synonyms:

knocks

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knock
Synonyms:

strikes, hits, thumps, punches, smacks, bashes, pounds, wallops, slaps, belts, whacks, bangs, clouts, socks, clobbers, beats, thwacks, hammers, raps, bops, slugs, swats, biffs, cracks, clips, batters, smites, whales, boxes, thrashes, bludgeons, bats, slogs, pummels, busts, buffets, clocks, cuffs, pastes, claps, drubs, bonks, nails, bobs, zaps, tags, chins, thuds, taps, manhandles … more

knocketh

(archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knock

knocked down

simple past tense and past participle of knock down
Synonyms:

knockdowned

simple past tense and past participle of knockdown

knockest

(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of knock

knocked

simple past tense and past participle of knock
Synonyms:

struck, stricken, hit, hat, hitten, thumped, punched, smacked, bashed, pounded, wallopped, walloped, slapped, belted, whacked, banged, clouted, socked, clobbered, beat, beaten, thwacked, hammered, rapped, bopped, slugged, swatted, biffed, cracked, clipped, clipt, battered, smote, smit, smitten, smited, whaled, boxed, thrashed, bludgeoned, batted, slogged, pummelled, pummeled, busted, buffeted, buffetted, clocked, cuffed, pasted … more

Examples:

“Just down the walk, I found a hole knocked in a garden wall and a hundred bricks missing.”

“A year later, he did the second Bolton marathon and knocked an hour off the time.”

“He was knocked unconscious and robbed in a vicious attack near Trowbridge Park.”

knocking down

present participle of knock down
Synonyms:

knockdowning

present participle of knockdown

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