| query | If someone receives a k____, they have an unpleasant experience which prevents them from achieving something or which causes them to change their attitudes or plans .If someone receives a knock, they have an unpleasant experience which prevents them from achieving something or which causes them to change their attitudes or plans . What they said was a real knock to my self-confidence. The art market has suffered some severe knocks during the past two years. |
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| word | knock |
| full-definition | verb If you knock on something such as a door or window, you hit it, usually several times, to attract someone's attention. She went directly to Simon's apartment and knocked on the door. Knock at my window at eight o'clock and I'll be ready. He knocked before going in. They heard a knock at the front door. They were wakened by a loud knocking at the door. If you knock something, you touch or hit it roughly, especially so that it falls or moves. She accidentally knocked the tea tin off the shelf. The baby was knocked from his father's arms. Isabel rose so abruptly that she knocked down her chair. Buckets of roses had been knocked over. The bags have tough exterior materials to protect against knocks, rain and dust. If someone knocks two rooms or buildings into one, or knocks them together, they make them form one room or building by removing a wall . They decided to knock the two rooms into one. The spacious kitchen was achieved by knocking together three small rooms. To knock someone into a particular position or condition means to hit them very hard so that they fall over or become unconscious . The third wave was so strong it knocked me backwards. They were knocked to the ground and robbed of their wallets. Someone had knocked him unconscious. To knock a particular quality or characteristic that someone has, or to knock it out of them means to make them lose it. Those people hurt me and knocked my confidence. The stories of his links with the actress had knocked the fun out of him. When they first joined for training many were starry eyed. We soon knocked that out of them. If something knocks, it makes a repeated sharp banging noise. His old truck, knocking and smoking, pulled down the road and out of sight. If you knock something or someone, you criticize them and say unpleasant things about them. I'm not knocking them: if they want to do it, it's up to them. Never knock charter flights; they are opening up the world for budget-conscious travellers. noun If someone receives a knock, they have an unpleasant experience which prevents them from achieving something or which causes them to change their attitudes or plans . What they said was a real knock to my self-confidence. The art market has suffered some severe knocks during the past two years. |
| inflections | knocksknockingknockedknockingknockerknockers |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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