'Knocked' definitions:
Definition of 'Knocked'
From: GCIDE
- Knock \Knock\ (n[o^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knocked (n[o^]kt); 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door. [1913 Webster]
- For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. --Matt. vii. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously. [Slang, U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 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.
- To knock off, to cease, as from work; to desist.
- To knock under, to yield; to submit; to acknowledge one's self conquered; -- an expression probably borrowed from the practice of knocking under the table with the knuckles, when conquered. "Colonel Esmond knocked under to his fate." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Knocked'
- Knock,
- Knock down,
- Knock off,
- 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