knock over

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Verb

knock over - cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"

tip over, tump over, bowl over, overturn, turn over, upset

move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over - turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"

knock

verb

1. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:

bash, catch, clout, hit, pop, slam, slog, slug, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop.

Informal: biff, bop, clip, wallop.

Slang: belt, conk, paste.

Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone.

2. To make a noise by striking:

rap, tap.

3. Slang. To find fault with:

blame, censure, criticize, fault, rap.

Informal: cut up, pan.

phrasal verb
knock about or around

1. To be rough or brutal with:

manhandle, rough (up), slap around.

Slang: mess up.

2. To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear:

batter, mangle, maul, rough up.

3. Informal. To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about:

bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thrash out (or over), thresh out (or over), toss around.

Informal: hash (over), kick around.

Slang: rap.

Idiom: go into a huddle.

phrasal verb
knock down

1. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow:

bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell, flatten, floor, ground, level, prostrate, strike down, throw.

Slang: deck.

Idiom: lay low.

2. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible:

demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, tear down, wreck.

Aerospace: destruct.

phrasal verb
knock off

1. Informal. To take away (a quantity) from another quantity:

abate, deduct, discount, rebate, subtract, take (off).

2. Slang. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully:

destroy, finish (off), kill, liquidate, murder, slay.

Informal: put away.

Slang: bump off, do in, off, rub out, waste, wipe out, zap.

3. Slang. To take property or possessions from (a person or company, for example) unlawfully and usually forcibly:

hold up, rob, stick up.

Slang: heist.

phrasal verb
knock out

1. To render powerless or motionless, as by inflicting severe injury:

cripple, disable, immobilize, incapacitate, paralyze.

Idiom: put out of action.

2. Informal. To make extremely tired:

exhaust, fag (out), tire out, wear out.

Informal: tucker (out).

Slang: do in, poop (out).

Idioms: run ragged, take it out of.

phrasal verb
knock over

To turn or cause to turn from a vertical or horizontal position:

capsize, overthrow, overturn, topple, turn over, upset.

noun

1. The sound made by a light blow:

rap, tap.

2. Slang. A comment expressing fault:

blame, censure, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, reprehension, reprobation.

Informal: pan.

Translations

يوقِع، يُسْقِط

vælte

velta um koll

w>knock over

vt sep → umwerfen, umstoßen; (car) → anfahren; (fatally) → überfahren

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

knock

(nok) verb

1. to make a sharp noise by hitting or tapping, especially on a door etc to attract attention. Just then, someone knocked at the door.

2. to cause to move, especially to fall, by hitting (often accidentally). She knocked a vase on to the floor while she was dusting.

3. to put into a certain state or position by hitting. He knocked the other man senseless.

4. (often with against, ~on) to strike against or bump into. She knocked against the table and spilt his cup of coffee; I knocked my head on the car door.

noun

1. an act of knocking or striking. She gave two knocks on the door; He had a nasty bruise from a knock he had received playing football.

2. the sound made by a knock, especially on a door etc. Suddenly they heard a loud knock.

ˈknocker noun

a piece of metal etc fixed to a door and used for knocking.

ˌknock-ˈkneed adjective

having legs that curve inwards abnormally at the knee.

knock about/around

1. to treat in a rough and unkind manner, especially to hit repeatedly. I've heard that her husband knocks her about.

2. to move about (in) in a casual manner without a definite destination or purpose. He spent six months knocking around before getting a job.

3. (with with) to be friendly with. I don't like the boys he knocks about with.

knock back

to drink, especially quickly and in large quantities. He knocked back three pints of beer in ten minutes.

knock down

1. to cause to fall by striking. He was so angry with the man that he knocked him down; The old lady was knocked down by a van as she crossed the street.

2. to reduce the price of (goods). She bought a coat that had been knocked down to half-price.

knock off

to stop working. I knocked off at six o'clock after studying for four hours; What time do you knock off in this factory?

knock out

1. to make unconscious by a blow, or (in boxing) unable to recover within the required time. The boxer knocked his opponent out in the third round.

2. to defeat and cause to retire from a competition. That team knocked us out in the semi-finals (noun ˈknock-out).

knock over

to cause to fall from an upright position. The dog knocked over a chair as it rushed past.

knock up

1. (of opponents in a tennis match) to have a short practice before starting on the match (noun ˈknock-up).

2. (slang) to make a woman pregnant.

get knocked up

to get pregnant.

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