'Knock down' definitions:
Definition of 'knock down'
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Definition of 'Knock down'
From: GCIDE
- Knock down \Knock" down`\, n.
- 1. To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as, to knock down an assailant. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock of the auctioneer's hammer; to sell at an auction; as, the vase was knocked down at two thousand dollars. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 3. To take apart; to dissassemble; as, to knock down a rifle for cleaning. [PJC]
- 4. To reduce or discount the price of; as, the dresses were knocked down to twenty dollars. [PJC]
- 5. To earn (an income). "plumbers who knock down over a hundred thousand a year." [PJC]
Synonyms of 'knock down'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- auction,
- auction off,
- auctioneer,
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beat down,
- belittle,
- belt,
- biff,
- blow down,
- blow over,
- bonk,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- break down,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- bulldog,
- bulldoze,
- burn down,
- cast down,
- chop down,
- clap,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clout,
- clump,
- coldcock,
- crack,
- crush,
- cry down,
- cut,
- cut down,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dampen the spirits,
- darken,
- dash,
- dash down,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- debase,
- deck,
- decry,
- degrade,
- deject,
- demoralize,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- derogate from,
- detract from,
- disapprove of,
- discourage,
- discredit,
- disgrace,
- dishearten,
- disparage,
- dispirit,
- down,
- drop,
- fell,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- fetch down,
- flatten,
- floor,
- ground,
- hew down,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- hold in contempt,
- jab,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock out,
- knock over,
- lay,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- let have it,
- level,
- lower,
- lower the spirits,
- make little of,
- minimize,
- mow down,
- oppress,
- overcome,
- paste,
- plunk,
- poke,
- precipitate,
- press down,
- prostrate,
- psych out,
- pull down,
- punch,
- put down,
- rase,
- raze,
- reflect discredit upon,
- run down,
- sadden,
- sell by auction,
- send headlong,
- shake,
- sink,
- slam,
- slight,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smite,
- snap,
- soak,
- sock,
- speak ill of,
- spread-eagle,
- steamroller,
- strike,
- strike at,
- submit to indignity,
- supinate,
- swat,
- swipe,
- take down,
- tear down,
- throw,
- throw down,
- thump,
- thwack,
- topple,
- trip,
- tumble,
- unbrace,
- undo,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstring,
- upset,
- wallop,
- weigh heavy upon,
- weigh upon,
- whack,
- whack down,
- wham,
- whop,
- win,
- yerk
Words containing 'Knock down'
- Knock,
- Knock off,
- Knocked,
- Knocking,
- Knockings,
- To knock about,
- To knock off,
- To knock out,
- To knock under,
- To knock up,
- knock about,
- knock against,
- knock it off,
- knock on,
- knock out,
- knock over,
- knock up,
- knocked out,
- Knock-off,
- Knock-out,
- To knock in the head,
- To knock on the head,
- hard knocks,
- knock around,
- knock back,
- knock cold,
- knock dead,
- knock kneed,
- knock rummy,
- knock-down,
- knocked-out,
- knocked-outprenominal knocked out,
- knock-down-and-drag-out,
- knock-knee,
- knock-kneed,
- knock-knees,
- knock-on effect,
- knock-out drops