GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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Found 3 definitions

1.       
   Knock, n.
   A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
   1913 Webster
   A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. “ A knock at the door.”
   Longfellow.
   
   1913 Webster
   A loud cry or some great knock.
   Holland.
   
   1913 Webster
   Knock off, See knock off in the vocabulary.
   PJC
   
         
       

2.       
   knock off , n. a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
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3.       
   knock off , v. i. & t.
    to quit (working).
   PJC
   to accomplish; -- frequently used when the task is accomplished rapidly.
   PJC
   to kill; to defeat (opponents). [Colloq.]
   PJC
   to discount, to deduct (a sum from a price).
   PJC
   to rob.
   Syn. -- knock over.
   PJC
   to make a knockoff of; to copy or imitate, usually without permission or admission of copying. [MW10]
   PJC