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   Knock , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knocked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Knocking.] [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka. Cf. Knack.]
   To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.
   Bacon.
   
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   To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
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   For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked.
   Dryden.
   
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   Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
   Matt. vii. 7.
   
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   To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously. [Slang, U. S.]
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   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.
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