Definition of knocks

"knocks" in the noun sense

1. knock, knocking

the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing

"the knocking grew louder"

2. knock, roast

negative criticism

3. knock, bash, bang, smash, belt

a vigorous blow

"the sudden knock floored him"

"he took a bash right in his face"

"he got a bang on the head"

4. knock

a bad experience

"the school of hard knocks"

5. knock, belt, rap, whack, whang

the act of hitting vigorously

"he gave the table a whack"

"knocks" in the verb sense

1. knock, strike hard

deliver a sharp blow or push

"He knocked the glass clear across the room"

2. knock

rap with the knuckles

"knock on the door"

3. bump, knock

knock against with force or violence

"My car bumped into the tree"

4. tap, rap, knock, pink

make light, repeated taps on a surface

"he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently"

5. pink, ping, knock

sound like a car engine that is firing too early

"the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"

"The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded"

6. knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart

find fault with express criticism of point out real or perceived flaws

"The paper criticized the new movie"

"Don't knock the food

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Quotations for knocks

Old men feel young men's knocks. [ Proverb ]

He that brings good news knocks hard. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Open not your door when the devil knocks. [ Proverb ]

With equal pace, impartial fate.
Knocks at the palace and the cottage gate. [ Horace ]

What day, what hour, but knocks at human hearts,
To wake the soul to sense of future scenes?
Deaths stand like Mercurys, in every way,
And kindly point us to our journey's end. [ Dr. Young ]

With equal foot (rich friend), impartial Fate
Knocks at the cottage and the palace gate;
Life's span forbids thee to extend thy cares
And stretch thy hopes beyond thy destined years:
Night soon will seize, and you must quickly go
To storied ghosts and Pluto's house below. [ Horace ]

He knocks boldly at the door who brings good news. [ Proverb ]

One always knocks himself on the spot where the sore is. [ French Proverb ]

Clamorous labour knocks with its hundred hands at the golden gate of the morning. [ Newman Hall ]

It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds. [ St. Augustine ]

There is an English song beginning, Love knocks at the door. He knocks less often than he finds it open. [ Mme. Swetchine ]

It is only in some corner of the brain which we leave empty, that Vice can obtain a lodging. When he knocks at your door, be able to say, No room for your lordship, pass on! [ Edward Bulwer Lytton ]

knocks in Scrabble®

The word knocks is playable in Scrabble®, but 1 blank substituting for the letter 'k' is required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters knocks:

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knocks in Words With Friends™

The word knocks is playable in Words With Friends™, but 1 blank substituting for the letter 'k' is required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters knocks:

KNOCKS
(75)
 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In knocks

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Words within the letters of knocks

2 letter words in knocks (4 words)

3 letter words in knocks (3 words)

4 letter words in knocks (4 words)

5 letter words in knocks (3 words)

6 letter words in knocks (1 word)

knocks + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence knocks

Words that start with knocks (1 word)

Words with knocks in them (1 word)

Words that end with knocks (2 words)

Word Growth involving knocks

Shorter words in knocks

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Longer words containing knocks

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