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knocking
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Knocking or Knockin or '''Knockin' ''' may refer to: Knocking, Austria , a city, subdivision of Erlauf in Austria Knocking (documentary) , a documentary about Jehovah's Witnesses "Knockin'" (song) , 1995 song by Spanish band Double Vision It may also call ...
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n. An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced vb. (present participle of knock English)
WordNet
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n. the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); "the knocking grew louder" [syn: knock ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to ...
Usage examples of knocking.
I was in the middle of the seventh act, always slower and more pleasant for the actress than the first two or three, when Costa came knocking loudly at my door, calling out that the felucca was ready.
The tornado of wind whistled loudly around us and up into the heavens, almost knocking Adeem off his feet.
Months he had wandered about the gates of the Bonnet, wondering, sighing, knocking at them, and getting neither admittance nor answer.
Empire, two men were drinking raw alk and knocking the shots back with homebrew in a portabar not far from a construction site.
During the night the amado fell out of the worn-out grooves with a crash, knocking down the shoji, which fell on me, and rousing Ito, who rushed into my room half-asleep, with a vague vision of bloodthirsty Ainos in his mind.
Soon after, a servant in livery brought a bed and a trunk, and the next morning the same servant, knocking at my door, told me that his master begged the honour of my company to breakfast.
You were a closet bigot for years, using the minorities for votes only, and now your agents and troops are running around the country, knocking people in the head, taking their weapons from them.
One of the bolder Black- shirts was halfway down the stairs when my gunfire raked his chest, knocking him over, his arms outstretched, rifle flying into the air.
Tully had saved their lives by knocking it off the deck, but unfortunately the bomblet had not exploded soon enough to kill the humans who had tossed the thing from their boat.
The shotgun somersaulted into the screaming wind as Van Dusen plowed into Bonhomme, knocking him from his feet.
For one thing, I fully expected that Todd Bowman would come knocking at the door any minute and wake us both up.
The fabric flapped like a liberated bird, suddenly catching the wind and throwing the boom hard to port, catching Brod and knocking him into Maia.
Stephen had done no more than take a look at the book-lined recess, when Derek Burdon came knocking at the door.
It cleaved a broad path before him, sending soldiers and partygoers reeling and flying in its path, knocking a wide circumference of open space between him and the King.
Spooked, Cyd jumped backward, knocking a jar of utensils onto the floor in a clatter.