Knock

Knock

Places

Knock is a place-name found in a number of countries.

Germany

* Knock, East Frisia, East Frisia

Ireland

* Knock, County Mayo
* Knock Shrine
* Ireland West Airport Knock, commonly known as Knock Airport"also"
* Castleknock, County Dublin
* Knockcroghery, County Roscommon
* Knocklyon, suburb of Dublin
* Knocknagoshel, County Kerry
* Knocktopher, County Kilkenny

United Kingdom

* Knock, Belfast, Northern Ireland
* Knock, Cumbria, Cumbria, England
* Knock, Moray, Moray, Scotland

Other

Knock may also refer to:

* Knock Nevis, a Norwegian supertanker formerly known as Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, and Jahre Viking
* Engine knocking
* "Knock" (movie), (1950) by Guy Lefranc based on the Jules Romain play
* "Knock" (play), (1922) by Jules Romain about a doctor
* "Knock" (short-story) by Fredric Brown, supposedly the shortest short-story ever written
*"The Knock", a UK television drama, running from 1994 to 2000
*"The Knock (Drums of Death, Pt. 2)," a song by UNKLE from the 1998 album "Psyence Fiction"

ee also

* Knock Castle
* Knockabout (disambiguation)
* Knocking
* Knock knock
* Knockout
* Knock Productions, or "www.knock.com.mx"
* Diaphragm spasm, or "knocking the wind" (out of someone)
* Nauck


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  • knock — ► VERB 1) strike a surface noisily to attract attention. 2) collide forcefully with. 3) force to move or fall with a collision or blow. 4) make (a hole, dent, etc.) in something by striking it. 5) informal criticize. 6) (of a motor) make a… …   English terms dictionary

  • knock — [näk] vi. [ME knokken < OE cnocian, akin to ON knoka, MHG knochen, to press < echoic base > KNACK] 1. to strike a blow or blows with the fist or some hard object; esp., to rap on a door 2. to bump; collide; clash 3. to make a thumping,… …   English World dictionary

  • Knock — (n[o^]k), v. t. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] When heroes… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Knock — (n[o^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knocked} (n[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Knocking}.] [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka. Cf. {Knack}.] 1. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Knock — ist der Name einer Landschaft in der Nähe von Emden, siehe: Knock (Ostfriesland) eines Marienwallfahrtsortes in Irland, County Mayo, siehe Knock (County Mayo) des in der Nähe gelegenen Flughafens Knock (Ireland West Airport Knock) eines Ortes in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Knock — Knock, n. 1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar. [1913 Webster] 2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. A knock at the door. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] A loud cry or some great knock. Holland. [1913 Webster] {Knock off} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Knock — Knock. Knock es una localidad de Irlanda situada en el condado de Mayo, provincia de Connacht, en la costa oeste de la isla. Tiene cerca de 600 habitantes. Es famosa porque se dice que aquí se aparecieron la Virgen María, san José, Jesús en forma …   Wikipedia Español

  • Knock-on — may refer to: *Knock on electron *Knock on (rugby) *Knock on effect …   Wikipedia

  • knock up — 1660s in sense of arouse by knocking at the door, from KNOCK (Cf. knock) (v.). However it is little used in this sense in American English, where the phrase means get a woman pregnant (1813), possibly ultimately from knock to copulate with… …   Etymology dictionary

  • knock — [n1] pushing, striking beating, blow, box, clip, conk, cuff, hammering, hit, injury, lick, rap, slap, smack, swat, swipe, thump, whack; concept 189 knock [n2] strong criticism blame, censure, condemnation, defeat, failure, flak, pan, rap, rebuff …   New thesaurus

  • knock in — [phrasal verb] knock (a run or runner) in or knock in (a run or runner) baseball : to cause (a run or runner) to score He knocked in [=batted in, drove in] a run in the second inning with a double to left field. • • • Main Entry: ↑knock …   Useful english dictionary

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