knock

Definition:
1. To hit a door, etc. firmly in order to attract attention.
2. To hit something, often by accident, with a short, hard blow.
3. Negative criticism.
4. A vigorous blow.
5. A bad experience.
6. The act of hitting vigorously.

Use 'knock' in a sentence:

• 1. Just then, someone knocked at the front door.
• 2. You should knock before you enter.
• 3. He got a nasty knock on the head.
• 4. You don't have to knock—just walk in.
• 5. I knocked loudly in the vain hope that someone might answer.
• 6. Late that evening, there was a knock at the door.
• 7. I got it all taken care of, knock on wood.
• 8. For long there was no answer, then again the knock.
• 9. She went straight up to the door and knocked loudly.
• 10. He knocked down the price from$ 80 to$ 50.
• 11. I was so involved in my book I didn't hear you knock.
• 12. I didn't knock anyone.
• 13. I managed to knock him down to $400.
• 14. They managed to knock a hole in the wall.
• 15. Deeply involved in his book, he didn't hear my knock.
• 16. Let's knock off for lunch.
• 17. Do you want to knock off early today?
• 18. Office managers knock down walls to encourage team building.
• 19. Someone had knocked a hole in the wall.
• 20. He knocks out five books a year.
• 21. The two rooms had been knocked into one.
• 22. He was knocked out cold in the second round.
• 23. I knocked but there was no one around.
• 24. Children knock buckets while riding bikes.
• 25. I was wakened by a knock at the door.
• 26. The news knocked 13% off the company's shares.
• 27. The newspapers are always knocking the England team.
• 28. What time do you knock off work?
• 29. Please don't knock down all those cans.
• 30. You look fabulous—you'll knock 'em dead tonight.
• 31. They knock on their neighbours' doors and shout "trick or treat".
• 32. Nothing remained to do but to knock.
• 33. They heard a knock at the front door.
• 34. Suddenly there was another knock at the door.
• 35. There was a sharp knock on the door.
• 36. No sooner had I sat down than there was a loud knock on the door.
• 37. She knocked up a meal in ten minutes.
• 38. They were interrupted by a knock at the door.
• 39. He fell and just missed knocking the whole display over.
• 40. The recession knocked on the head any idea of expanding the company.
• 41. I knocked on the door but there was no response.
• 42. He burst into the room without knocking.
• 43. The impact of the blow knocked Jack off balance.
• 44. England had been knocked out of the World Cup.
• 45. Knock before you enter.
• 46. He'd knocked over a glass of water.
• 47. Why doesn't he just knock the wall down?
• 48. The boys were knocking a ball around in the back yard.
• 49. Be careful you don't knock your head on this low beam.
• 50. He knocked his opponent down three times in the first round.
• 51. He rushed into the room without troubling to knock.
• 52. I've got all the information together but it still needs knocking into shape.
• 53. They had to knock the door down to get in.