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Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : nok
Phonetic Transcription : nɒk



Definition of knocked over

Origin :
  • Old English cnocian (West Saxon cnucian), "to pound, beat; knock (on a door)," likely of imitative origin. Meaning "deprecate, put down" is from 1892. Related: Knocked; knocking. Knock-kneed first attested 1774. Knock-down, drag-out is from 1827. Command knock it off "stop it" is first recorded 1880, perhaps from auctioneer's term for "dispose of quickly:"
  • At the commencement of the sales, he gave every one that wanted to purchase a paper containing a description of the lands that were to be sold; and, as the sales were cried, he called over the numbers and described the land; and when it got up to one dollar and a quarter an acre, if no body bid, after it was cried two or three times, he would say, knock it off, knock it off. [U.S. Senate record, 1834]
  • As in prostrate : adj tired, worn
  • As in jolt : verb surprise; push suddenly
  • As in knock off : verb steal
  • As in level : verb destroy, demolish
  • As in astonish : verb surprise
  • As in overcome : verb beat, defeat
  • As in overthrow : verb defeat, destroy
  • As in overturn : verb flip over
  • As in plunder : verb ravage, steal
  • As in prostrate : verb overwhelm; wear out
  • As in raid : verb attack, pillage
  • As in stun/stupefy : verb amaze, shock
  • As in tumble : verb fall or make fall awkwardly
  • As in stun : verb shock
  • As in unhorse : verb overthrow
  • As in drown : verb submerge in liquid; submerge and die
  • As in fell : verb chop down
Example sentences :
  • We often went after wood, and occasionally we knocked over a deer.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • It sounded as though the inmate had knocked over the table and chairs.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • Had he had a long stick in his hand, he could have knocked over several of them.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Tim fired, and knocked over the stag, while I killed one of the does.
  • Extract from : « In the Wilds of Florida » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • At length they got so near, it seemed to me that we might have knocked over the whole of them.
  • Extract from : « In the Wilds of Florida » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Bunny was hit, knocked over, and before he could recover, a dog had him.
  • Extract from : « Wild Animals at Home » by Ernest Thompson Seton
  • A half-grown cub rushed in and knocked over Japhet and Higgs.
  • Extract from : « Queen Sheba's Ring » by H. Rider Haggard
  • They knocked over one after the other, till each man was well loaded.
  • Extract from : « Taking Tales » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • One he knocked over with his fist, and drawing his bayonet, put the other to flight.
  • Extract from : « Taking Tales » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • The first man he cut down, but he was knocked over by the rush of the others.
  • Extract from : « For Name and Fame » by G. A. Henty

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