knocking
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2.2
- noun
- /ˈnɑkɪŋ/
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golpeteo
- This time it took five knockings to rouse Berman, who finally appeared, shaking off webs from a nap, rubbing red eyes, coughing, and yawning.
- knocking continues
Because that's what ninjas are best known for, knocking on people's doors in broad daylight.
- Because that's what ninjas are best known for, knocking on people's doors in broad daylight.
- Same thing with door knocking, same thing with open houses.
Examples
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I heard a strange knocking noise coming from the engine of my car.
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Same thing with door knocking, same thing with open houses.
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I believe that this remembers the knocking at the gate in Macbeth.
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I could hear my breathing and the clicks and knockings as the trees contracted with the night.
Fiction book (2001) -
Nineteenth-century Spiritualists usually traced the origins of "modern Spiritualism" to the famous knockings heard by the Fox sisters in New York, beginning in 1848.
Academic text (2018) -
The knocking at the door startled me as I was reading my book.
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After a few firm knockings, the repairman finally got my attention.
Synonyms
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1.3
A short sharp sound made by hitting a surface or by a machine problem
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2.1
A short sharp knock on a surface to get attention
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1.9
A light repeated sound made by gentle knocks
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6.0
A short, sharp sound made when hard things hit each other
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5.5
A loud continuous noise that repeats and sounds forceful
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9.0
A series of short, sharp tapping sounds like knocking on a door
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7.7
A series of quick, sharp knocks often on a door or drum
A short sharp knocking sound like a quick tap
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Etymology
The word knocking comes from the simple sound word knock, which copies the short hard 'knock' you make when you hit a door. So knocking means a sharp, repeating 'sound', the same quick hits you hear at a door or inside a machine.