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knock1
/nɒk नॉक्‌/ verb
1 [I] knock (at/on something) to make a noise by hitting something firmly with your hand हाथ से किसी वस्‍तु पर ज़ोर के प्रहार द्वारा अवाज़ कराना; (दरवाज़े आदि) को खटखटाना
Someone is knocking at the door.
2 [T] knock something (on/against something) to hit somebody/something hard, often by accident किसी व्‍यक्ति या वस्‍तु को चोट पहुँचाना (प्रायः अचानक या अनजाने में)
He knocked the vase onto the floor.
to knock somebody unconscious
3 [T] ( informal ) to say bad things about somebody/something; to criticize somebody/something किसी व्‍यक्ति या विषय के बारे में बुरा भला कहना; किसी की निंदा करना
IDM
knock on wood ⇨ wood देखिए।
knock about/around ( informal ) to travel and live in various places जगह-जगह की यात्रा करना और वहाँ रहना
Is last week’s newspaper still knocking about?
knock somebody down to hit somebody causing him/her to fall to the ground किसी को (धक्‍का या घूँसा) मारकर नीचे गिरा देना
The old lady was knocked down by a cyclist.
knock something down to destroy a building, etc. किसी इमारत आदि को नष्‍ट कर देना
They knocked down the old factory because it was unsafe.
knock off (something) ( spoken ) to stop working काम करना बंद कर देना
What time do you knock off?
knock something off
1 ( informal ) to reduce a price by a certain amount दाम में कटौती करना
He agreed to knock Rs 10 off the price.
2 ( slang ) to steal something कोई वस्‍तु चुरा लेना
knock somebody out
1 to hit somebody so that he/she becomes unconscious or cannot get up again for a while घूँसा मारकर बेहोश कर देना या नीचे गिरा देना
2 (used about a drug, alcohol, etc.) to cause somebody to sleep (नशीला पदार्थ, मद्य आदि देकर) किसी को सुला देना
knock somebody out (of something) to beat a person or team in a competition so that they do not play any more games in it व्‍यक्ति या टीम को हराकर स्‍पर्धा से बाहर कर देना
Sri Lanka was knocked out of the Champions Trophy by Pakistan.
knock somebody/something over to cause somebody/something to fall over किसी व्‍यक्ति या वस्‍तु को गिरा देना
Be careful not to knock over the drinks.