get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

do in

knock off

liquidate

neutralise

neutralize

waste

sample sentences

"The mafia liquidated the informer"
"the double agent was neutralized"

cut the price of
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

knock off

shave

stop pursuing or acting
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

drop

knock off

sample sentences

"drop a lawsuit"
"knock it off!"

write quickly
<verb.creation>

dash off

fling off

knock off

scratch off

toss off

sample sentences

"She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"
"He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess"

take by theft
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

cop

glom

hook

knock off

snitch

thieve

sample sentences

"Someone snitched my wallet!"

(rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul)
<noun.act>

knock on

eliminate
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

knock out

sample sentences

"knock out a target"

knock unconscious or senseless
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

kayo

knock cold

knock out

sample sentences

"the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds"

destroy or break forcefully
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

knock out

sample sentences

"The windows were knocked out"

empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out
<verb.change>

knock out

sample sentences

"knocked out a pipe"

overwhelm with admiration
<verb.emotion>

knock out

sample sentences

"All the guys were knocked out by her charm"

cause to overturn from an upright or normal position
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

bowl over

knock over

overturn

tip over

tump over

turn over

upset

sample sentences

"The cat knocked over the flower vase"
"the clumsy customer turned over the vase"
"he tumped over his beer"

a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points
<noun.act>

gin

gin rummy

knock rummy

make pregnant
<verb.body>

bang up

impregnate

knock up

prang up

sample sentences

"He impregnated his wife again"

strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
<adj.all>   (a)   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

knock-down

powerful

sample sentences

"a knock-down blow"

extremely violent
<adj.all>

knock-down-and-drag-out

knockdown-dragout

sample sentences

"a knock-down-and-drag-out fight"

an inward slant of the thigh
<noun.state>

genu valgum

knock-knee

tibia valga

having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart
<adj.all>

knock-kneed

a secondary or incidental effect
<noun.phenomenon>

knock-on effect

suitable for rough use
<adj.all>

knockabout

sample sentences

"a knockabout overcoat"
"a knockabout old car"

full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
<adj.all>

boisterous

knockabout

sample sentences

"boisterous practical jokes"
"knockabout comedy"

a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit
<noun.artifact>

knockabout

(furniture) easily assembled and dismantled
<adj.all>

knockdown

sample sentences

"I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store"

a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet
<noun.act>

knockdown

extremely violent
<adj.all>

knock-down-and-drag-out

knockdown-dragout

sample sentences

"a knock-down-and-drag-out fight"

knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
<adj.all>   (p)   (p)

KO'd

kayoed

knocked out

out

stunned

damaged
<adj.all>   (a)

knocked-out

sample sentences

"the gym has some of the most knocked-out equipment since Vic Tanny"

a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
<noun.artifact>

doorknocker

knocker

rapper

either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
<noun.body>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

boob

bosom

breast

knocker

tit

titty

one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

depreciator

detractor

disparager

knocker

a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
<noun.person>

knocker

sample sentences

"open the door and see who the knocker is"

(Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
<noun.person>

knocker

the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

knock

knocking

sample sentences

"the knocking grew louder"

an unauthorized copy or imitation
<noun.artifact>

clone

knockoff

very strong or vigorous
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3

hard

knockout

severe

sample sentences

"strong winds"
"a hard left to the chin"
"a knockout punch"
"a severe blow"

a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
<noun.act>

KO

kayo

knockout

a very attractive or seductive looking woman
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

beauty

dish

knockout

looker

lulu

mantrap

peach

ravisher

smasher

stunner

sweetheart

chloral hydrate in combination with alcohol; usually administered surreptitiously to make the drinker unconscious
<noun.artifact>

knockout drops

a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing
<noun.act>

KO punch

Sunday punch

haymaker

knockout punch

short thick highly seasoned sausage
<noun.food>

knackwurst

knockwurst

a small natural hill
<noun.object>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

hammock

hillock

hummock

knoll

mound

any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

knot

a tight cluster of people or things
<noun.group>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

knot

sample sentences

"a small knot of women listened to his sermon"
"the bird had a knot of feathers forming a crest"

a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged
<noun.substance>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

knot

sample sentences

"the saw buckled when it hit a knot"

a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
<noun.animal>

Calidris canutus

grayback

greyback

knot

soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
<noun.attribute>

burl

knot

slub

something twisted and tight and swollen
<noun.shape>

gnarl

knot

sample sentences

"their muscles stood out in knots"
"the old man's fists were two great gnarls"
"his stomach was in knots"

(of ships and wind) a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour or about 1.15 statute miles per hour
<noun.time>

knot

tie or fasten into a knot
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

knot

sample sentences

"knot the shoelaces"

make into knots; make knots out of
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

knot

sample sentences

"She knotted her fingers"

tangle or complicate
<verb.contact>

knot

ravel

tangle

sample sentences

"a ravelled story"

low-growing weedy grass with spikelets along the leaf stems
<noun.plant>

Paspalum distichum

knotgrass