Definitions For Knock

noun

  • The act of hitting vigorously
  • Negative criticism
  • A bad experience
  • The sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
  • A vigorous blow
  • A hard, sharp hit
  • The sound made by a hard hit
  • An experience that makes you less confident or successful for a period of time : a difficult or painful experience

verb

  • Find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
  • Deliver a sharp blow or push
  • Knock against with force or violence
  • Rap with the knuckles
  • Sound like a car engine that is firing too early
  • Make light, repeated taps on a surface
  • To hit something (such as a door) with the knuckles of your hand or with a hard object (such as a knocker) in order to get people's attention
  • To hit (something or someone) in a forceful way
  • To touch or hit someone or something in a way that is not planned or intended

Is Knocks a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
18

The word Knock is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Knock in a Sentence

  • The ball knocked him on the chin.
  • She knocked the glass from his hand.
  • He knocked the baseball over the fence.
  • He gave him a knock on the head.
  • There was a loud knock at the door.
  • She took some knocks early in her career.

Synonyms for Knock

Antonyms for Knocks

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