Rap on a door

verb

1. To strike something with a sharp blow
2. To collide with something
3. Bustle

   "heard them knocking around in the kitchen"

4. Wander

   "knocked about Europe all summer"

5. To make a pounding noise
6. To have engine knock
7. To find fault
8. To set forcibly in motion with a blow
9. To cause to collide
10. To find fault with

    "always knocking those in authority"

noun

1. A sharp blow rap, hit

   "a loud knock on the door"

2. A pounding noise
3. A sharp repetitive metallic noise caused by abnormal ignition in an automobile engine
4. A harsh and often petty criticism

   "the knock on him was that he couldn't handle the pressure"

verb

1. Drink, swallow

verb

1. To strike to the ground with or as if with a sharp blow fell
2. To dispose of (an item) to a bidder at an auction sale
3. To take apart disassemble
4. To receive as income or salary earn

   "positions where they were able to knock down good money"

5. Reduce

   "knocked the price down"

6. To succeed in making (a jump shot or foul shot)

   "She scored 10 points on the night with three assists. She also knocked down three out of four free-throw attempts."

adjective

1. Marked by extreme violence or bitterness and by the showing of no mercy

   "knock-down, drag-out political debates"

noun

1. A condition in which the legs curve inward at the knees

noun

1. A formulaic joke that begins with the words “Knock knock” in imitation of someone knocking on a door

   "William Cole … is a perpetrator of, and authority on, the knock-knock joke. “Knock-knock jokes are basically puns, that's all, and you've got to have a feel for the ludicrous,” he says. …. he considers the following to be his best creation: “Knock knock.” Who's there? “Amaryllis.” Amaryllis who? “Amaryllis state agent. Wanna buy a house?”"

verb

1. To stop doing something
2. To do hurriedly or routinely

   "knocked off one painting after another"

3. Discontinue, stop

   "knocked off work at five"

4. Deduct

   "knocked off a little to make the price more attractive"

5. Kill

   "knocked off two men … on mercenary grounds"

6. Overcome, defeat

   "knocked off each center of rebellion"

7. Rob

   "knocked off a couple of banks"

8. To make a knockoff of copy, imitate

   "knocks off popular dress designs"

noun

1. An indirect or secondary effect

   "The heat wave has had critical knock-on effects. Surging electricity demand and stress on the power grid triggered power outages …"

2. an indirect or secondary effect

verb

1. To produce roughly or hastily
2. To make inoperative or useless

   "electricity was knocked out by the storm"

3. To get rid of eliminate

   "knocked out illegal gambling"

4. To tire out exhaust

   "knocked themselves out with work"

5. To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a baseball game by a batting rally