knocking
/ˈnɑkɪŋ/noun2 syllables
Knocking means: the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing).
Synonyms for knocking1
noun, as in the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
What does knocking mean?1
noun
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the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)“the knocking grew louder”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Knocking in a sentence
- Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.Swift
- Yanni was banging on the door, not knocking.Amastan
- Wait a moment, please – someone's knocking on the door.sundown
- Somebody was knocking on my door, waking me from a deep sleep.Amastan
- Hans has really been knocking the drinks back today, but he's still not drunk.sundown
- After knocking twice, the police had no choice but to break the door down.Shishir
- A loud knocking at the door woke him up.CM
- Dan swerved off the road to avoid knocking down a dog.Amastan
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Forms of knocking
as a noun
- plural
- knockings