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US
/ˈnɑkɪŋ/
]
[ UK /nˈɒkɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /nˈɒkɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)
the knocking grew louder
How To Use knocking In A Sentence
- The.22 caliber slug had ricocheted off the top of his cranium, knocking him cold as effectively as a hammer.
- Measuring ten metres in girth, weighing 23 tons and knocking on a bit at about 800 years old, the tree is an impressive - if ungainly - sight.
- Ray was knocking them down one by one, unlike his tragic ancestor who only knocked himself down.
- My son caught it by knocking it off the car with a twig, then coaxing it on to a piece of card, and then putting it in a jam jar.
- She narrowly missed out on gold to Pippa Funnell after knocking down a fence in the showjumping.
- BELL: Now, under the law, police may enter a home without knocking if certain so-called exigent circumstances exist. CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2008
- By ‘real’ stress I mean when the bank heavies are actually knocking on your door and it's pay up time on the arrears on the house payments.
- As she crossed the fields a shell exploded close to her, fracturing her legs and knocking her to the ground.
- The fox gave a yip as Ferric entered and pounced on the boy, easily knocking him over.
- I thought we started positively and we were knocking it about but then we started to over-elaborate.