The primary definition of the word knock is "to strike with an audible blow," according to one dictionary. Yet in American slang, the word can mean any number of other things. Consider:
knock - to criticize, as when someone knocks a politician or a new movie
knock around - to loaf or to abuse
knock back - to drink in one gulp
knock someone's block off, knock someone's lights out - to hit very very hard or to beat severely
knock 'em dead - to impress
knocked out - intoxicated
knocked up - pregnant
knockers - breasts
knock for a loop - to unsettle severely
knock it off - stop doing something
knock off - to stop working, to kill, to delete, to arrest, to imitate, to rob, to defeat, to attain, to drink, among other possible meanings
knockout - an attractive person
knock yourself out - to work hard at something
knock someone's socks off or knock them in the aisles - to impress
knock together - to make something quickly
In other words, you can use the word knock to say just about anything. I knocked together this post in about 10 minutes. Don't knock it. It's the best I could do today.
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