“knocketh” is a form of
knock
UK /nɒk/ · US /nɑk/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms knocks knocking knocked
- noun An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
- noun A sharp impact. “He took a knock on the head.”
- noun (figuratively, informal) A criticism.
- noun (figuratively, informal) A blow or setback.
- noun (automotive, uncountable) Preignition, a type of abnormal combustion occurring in spark ignition engines caused by self-ignition; also, the characteristic knocking sound associated with it.
- noun (cricket, slang) A batsman's innings. “He had a good knock and scored well.”
- noun (baseball) A ball hit into play, especially one that becomes a hit. “He played a slow but sure knock of 35.”
- noun (cycling, uncountable) Synonym of hunger knock.
- verb (intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood. “Knock on the door and find out if they’re home.”
- verb (transitive, dated) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
- verb (transitive, colloquial, originally US) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue. “Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it.”
- verb (transitive, soccer) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
- verb (transitive, baseball) To hit a ball into play.
- verb (transitive, UK, slang, dated) To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
- verb (ambitransitive, dated) To bump or impact. “I knocked against the table and bruised my leg.”
- verb (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
- proper noun A suburb and ward in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- proper noun A townland in Drumcliff civil parish, County Clare, Ireland.
- proper noun A town and civil parish of County Mayo, Ireland, location of the Knock Shrine.
- proper noun A settlement in Moray council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5552).
Synonyms
hunger knock knock off Formal terms bed coit coitize dight enjoy feague go in unto go to bed with have know lie by lie with love mount occupy penetrate season knocking roast bash bang smash belt rap whack whang strike hard
Etymology
From Middle English knokken, from Old English cnocian, ġecnocian, ġecnucian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *knew- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-, *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”). The English word is cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to hit”), Old English cnuian, cnuwian (“to pound, knock”), Old Norse knoka (compare Danish knuge (“to squeeze”), Swedish knocka (“to hug”)). More at knuckle.
(Ireland, Scotland, Cumbria) from Irish cnoc and Scottish Gaelic cnoc
Webster’s 1913
- verb To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.
- verb To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
- verb To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.
- verb To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
Etymology [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka.Cf. Knack.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “knock”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details