| Level | A2 |
|---|---|
| Kind | verb |
| Front | knock |
| IPA | /nɒk ; US nɑːk / verb |
| Back | çalmak, tıklatmak vurmak, devirmek, çarpmak |
| Back 2 | knock (verb) /nɒk ; US nɑːk / verb
1 [intransitive]
knock (at/on sth)
to make a noise by
hitting sth firmly with your hand
çalmak, tıklatmak
Is that someone knocking at the door?
I knocked on the window but she didn't hear
me.
2 [transitive]
knock
sth (on/against sth)
to hit sb/sth hard,
often by accident
vurmak, devirmek,
çarpmak
He knocked the vase onto the floor.
Be careful not to knock your head on the
shelf when you get up.
to knock somebody unconscious
birini yere sermek
3 [transitive] (informal)
to say bad things
about sb/sth; to criticize sb/sth
yerden
yere vurmak
‘I hate this town.’ ‘Don't knock it – there
are far worse places to live.’
IDIOM
touch
wood; (US) knock on wood
an expression that
people use (often while touching a piece of wood) to prevent bad luck
tahtaya
vur, şeytan kulağına kurşun
I've been driving here for 20 years and I
haven't had an accident yet – touch wood!
PHRASAL VERBS
knock
about/around
(informal)
to be in a place; to
travel and live in various places
sürtmek, dolanmak
Is last week's newspaper still knocking
about?
I spent a few months knocking around Europe
before I went to University.
knock
sb down
to hit sb causing them
to fall to the ground
ezmek;
yıkmak
The old lady was knocked down by a cyclist.
knock
sth down
to destroy a building,
etc.
yıkmak
They knocked down the old factory because
it was unsafe.
knock
off (sth)
(spoken)
to stop working
paydos
etmek
What time do you knock off?
knock
sth off
1 (informal)
to reduce a price by a
certain amount
indirim
yapmak, fiyat kırmak
He agreed to knock £10 off the price.
2 (slang)
to steal sth
aşırmak, araklamak
knock
sb out
1 to
hit sb so that they become unconscious or cannot get up again for a while
nakavt
etmek, bayıltmak, yere sermek
The punch on the nose knocked him out.
2
(used about a drug, alcohol, etc.) to cause sb to sleep
uyutmak, kendinden
geçirmek
Those three glasses of vodka really knocked
her out.
knock
sb out (of sth)
to beat a person or
team in a competition so that they do not play any more games in it
yarışma
dışı bırakmak;
elemek
Belgium was knocked out of the European Cup
by France.
knock
sb/sth over
to cause sb/sth to
fall over
devirmek, düşürmek
Be careful not to knock over the drinks.
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