Synonyms for knocks over

Grammar : Verb

Spell : nok

Phonetic Transcription : nɒk

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Définition of knocks 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 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 :

She knocks over a chair, 'Oh dear, everything catches in me.
Extract from : « Echoes of the War » by J. M. Barrie

Then he knocks over the vessel, spilling the water on the ground.
Extract from : « Omaha sociology (1884 N 03 / 1881-1882 (pages 205-370)) » by James Owen Dorsey

If any one knocks over the pile, he must become back, and the game begins over again.
Extract from : « Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium » by Jessie H. Bancroft

He wuz fer havin' a fight, an' we knocks over one of the big urns an' lit in the tank.
Extract from : « Lady Larkspur » by Meredith Nicholson

He also makes slings of fibre, wherewith he knocks over birds, and mats from a species of Cyperus.
Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

I take him out every afternoon, and each day, just as the clock strikes five, he knocks over a strange young man for me.
Extract from : « Queed » by Henry Sydnor Harrison

He then knocks over both the other cups, and finds in them the two missing balls.
Extract from : « Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements » by Various

Any player who knocks over an eraser or who unclasps hands must take his seat, the erasers again being replaced.
Extract from : « My Book of Indoor Games » by Clarence Squareman

There's them that wants permotion in such a hurry that they all but knocks over the wans in front of 'em.
Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger

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