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knocking

/ˈnɒkɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
  2. To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.
  3. To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.
  4. To impress forcibly or strongly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
  5. To bump or impact.
  6. To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
  7. An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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