knock off

knock  (nk)

v. knocked, knock·ing, knocks

v.tr.

1. To strike with a hard blow.

2. To affect in a specified way by striking hard: knocked the mugger senseless.

3. To cause to collide: I knocked my head on a low beam.

4. To produce by hitting or striking: knocked a hole in the wall.

5. To instill with or as if with blows: We tried to knock some sense into his head.

6. Slang To find fault with; criticize: Don't knock the food; it's free.

v.intr.

1. To strike a sharp audible blow or series of blows, as on a door.

2. To collide with something: knocked into the table.

3. To make a pounding or clanking noise: The car engine is knocking.

n.

1. An instance of striking or colliding; a blow.

2. The sound of a sharp tap on a hard surface; a rap.

3. A pounding or clanking noise made by an engine, often as a result of faulty fuel combustion. Also called ping¹.

4. Slang A cutting, often petty criticism.

Phrasal Verbs:

knock around/about Informal

1. To be rough or brutal with; maltreat.

2. To wander from place to place: knocking around Europe.

3. To discuss or consider: met to knock around some ideas.

knock back Informal

To gulp (an alcoholic drink).

knock down

1. To bring to the ground with a blow; topple.

2. To disassemble into parts, as for storage or shipping.

3. To declare sold at an auction, as by striking a blow with a gavel.

4. Informal To reduce, as in price: knocked each radio down 20 percent.

5. Slang To receive as wages; earn: knocks down $50 an hour.

knock off

1. Informal

a. To take a break or rest from; stop: knocked off work at noon.

b. To cease work: It's after five; let's knock off.

2. Informal To complete, accomplish, or dispose of hastily or easily; finish: That author knocks off a book a year.

3. Informal To get rid of; eliminate: knocked off 12 pounds in a month.

4. Slang To kill or overcome.

5. Slang To hold up or rob: knocked off a bank.

6. Informal To copy or imitate, especially without permission: knocking off someone else's ideas.

knock out

1. To render unconscious.

2. Sports To defeat (a boxing opponent) by a knockout.

3. To render useless or inoperative: The storm knocked out the phones.

4. Informal To exert or exhaust (oneself or another) to the utmost: knocked herself out to be ready on time.

5. Informal To produce in abundance: The workers knocked out 500 parts in one hour.

6. To inactivate or remove (a gene) by genetic engineering.

knock together

To make or assemble quickly or carelessly.

knock up

1. Slang To make pregnant.

2. Chiefly British To wake up or summon, as by knocking at the door.

3. Chiefly British To wear out; exhaust.

Idioms:

have it knocked Slang

To be certain of success: "He knew he had it knocked after he saw a rough cut of Chinatown" (Time).

knock cold

To render unconscious; knock out.

knock dead

1. To kill with a blow.

2. Slang To affect strongly and positively: a performance that knocked the audience dead.

knock it off Slang

Quit it. Often used in the imperative: Knock it off! I'm trying to sleep.

knock (oneself) out

To make a great effort; exhaust oneself.

knock out of the box Baseball

To force the removal of (an opposing pitcher) by heavy hitting.

knock the/someone's socks off Slang

To overwhelm or amaze.

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[Middle English knokken, from Old English cnocian.]

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knock off

vb (mainly adverb)

1. (intr, also preposition) Informal to finish work we knocked off an hour early

2. (tr) Informal to make or do hastily or easily to knock off a novel in a week

3. (tr; also preposition) Informal to reduce the price of (an article) by (a stated amount)

4. (tr) Slang to kill

5. (tr) Slang to rob or steal to knock off a bank to knock off a watch

6. (tr) Slang to stop doing something, used as a command knock it off!

7. (tr) Slang to have sexual intercourse with; to seduce

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	knock off - get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" do in, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
	2.	knock off - cut the price of shave cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" mark down - reduce the price of
	3.	knock off - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" cop, glom, snitch, thieve, hook steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
	4.	knock off - write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess" dash off, fling off, scratch off, toss off authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
	5.	knock off - stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" drop nol.pros., nolle pros, nolle prosequi - drop prosecution of by entering a nolle prosequi in the court records; "They nolle prossed the charge" cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

Translations

? knock off

vi (inf) → aufhören, Feierabend or Schluss machen (inf); let’s knock off now → Schluss für heute (inf); to knock off for lunch → Mittag machen

vt sep

(lit) vase, cup, person etc → hinunterstoßen; nose off statue etc → abschlagen; insect → abschütteln; high jump bar → reißen; (off list etc) → streichen; the branch knocked the rider off (his horse) → der Ast riss den Reiter vom Pferd; somebody knocked the nose off the statue → jemand hat der Statue (dat) → die Nase abgeschlagen

(inf: = reduce price by) → nachlassen (for sb jdm), runtergehen (inf); he knocked £5 off the bill/price → er hat £ 5 von der Rechnung/vom Preis nachgelassen; I got something knocked off → ich habe es billiger bekommen

(inf: = do quickly) essay, painting → hinhauen (inf); (with good result) → aus dem Ärmel schütteln (inf)

(Brit inf: = steal) → klauen (inf)

(inf: = kill) → umlegen (inf)

(inf: = stop) → aufhören mit; smoking, criticizing → stecken (sl); to knock off work → Feierabend machen; knock it off! → nun hör schon auf!