knock up
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /nɒk ʌp/
knock up
- (colloquial) To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. See also knock together. [from 16th c.]
- I'll just knock up a quick demo for the sales presentation.
- (British) To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up. [from 17th c.]
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 15
- However, by dint of beating about a little in the dark, and now and then knocking up a peaceable inhabitant to inquire the way, we at last came to something which there was no mistaking.
- 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, page 1
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- 1966: Ngaio Marsh, Death at the Dolphin, page 160 ↗
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- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 15
- (dated) To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more. [from 18th c.]
- 1861, John Petherick, Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa, page 389 ↗
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- 1861, John Petherick, Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa, page 389 ↗
- (dated, intransitive) To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out. [from 18th c.]
- 1856, Thomas de Quincey, Memorials, page 81 ↗
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- 1856, Thomas de Quincey, Memorials, page 81 ↗
- (slang) To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up. [from 19th c.]
- I guess his summer plans are shot now that he knocked his girlfriend up.
- 2015, Jaime Loren, Waiting for April, Pan (ISBN 9781760300081)
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- (racket sports, intransitive) To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up. [from 19th c.]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090124221250/http://www.tennisandrackets.com/rackets-tournament-rules.html The Tennis & Rackets Association - Tournament Rules]
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090124221250/http://www.tennisandrackets.com/rackets-tournament-rules.html The Tennis & Rackets Association - Tournament Rules]
- (bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form.
- to knock up printed sheets
- (to put together) construct; see also Thesaurus:build or (if hasty) Thesaurus:kludge
- (to exhaust) tire, wear down, wear out; see also Thesaurus:tire
- (to become exhausted) tire, weary
- (to awaken someone) bring round, wake up; see also Thesaurus:awaken
- (to impregnate) get with child; see also Thesaurus:impregnate
- French: encloquer
- Russian: де́лать беременная
- Spanish: hacer un bombo
- Italian: palleggiare
- Russian: разминаться
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