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Knocking Knock Knock, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knocked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Knocking.] [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of
imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka.Cf. Knack.]
1. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against
something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against
another. --Bacon.
2. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap;
as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
--Dryden.
Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you. --Matt. vii.
7.
To knock about, to go about, taking knocks or rough usage;
to wander about; to saunter. [Colloq.] ``Knocking about
town.' --W. Irving.
To knock up, to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn
out, as with labor; to give out. ``The horses were
beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe
service.' --De Quincey.
Knocking Knocking Knock"ing, n.
A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the
ground by the Chinese worshiper. --H. Spencer.
Knockings Knockings Knock"ings, n. pl. (Mining)
Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.
