English to English
noun
- the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
The knocking grew louder.
source: WordNet 3.0
- negative criticism
source: WordNet 3.0
- a vigorous blow
The sudden knock floored him.
He took a bash right in his face.
He got a bang on the head.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a bad experience
The school of hard knocks.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of hitting vigorously
He gave the table a whack.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- deliver a sharp blow or push :
He knocked the glass clear across the room.
source: WordNet 3.0
- rap with the knuckles
Knock on the door.
source: WordNet 3.0
- knock against with force or violence
My car bumped into the tree.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make light, repeated taps on a surface
He was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently.
source: WordNet 3.0
- sound like a car engine that is firing too early
The car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline.
The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded.
source: WordNet 3.0
- find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
The paper criticized the new movie.
Don't knock the food--it's free.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.
source: Webster 1913
- To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.
source: Webster 1913
- To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously.
source: Webster 1913
- To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [noc] Tuktók; tawag
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [noc] Tumuktok; tumawag; patao
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
