Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To pot (a ball)

  2. (transitive)To score (a break)

  3. (obsolete)To enter college after hours—after half-past ten at night when the doors have been locked.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Tom didn't knock before coming in.

  2. Tom was knocked out in the tenth round.

    ruТом был нокаутирован в десятом раунде. — sharptoothed

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  3. Ziri reluctantly knocked and walked in.

  4. The knocking started again in a different location.

  5. He was always knocking it back in those days.

    deEr hat in dieser Zeit immer gesoffen. — Esperantostern

Forms

knocks in, knocking in, knocked in, knocked in
Base formknock in · to knock in
3rd person singularknocks in
Present participleknocking in
Past simpleknocked in
Past participleknocked in

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyknock in
he, she, itknocks in

Past simpleLesson

all personsknocked in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave knocked in
he, she, ithas knocked in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill knock in

Phrasal verbs

13 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Relatedknock out

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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