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knickety-knock|ˈnɪkɪtɪˈnɒk|
[Echoic: cf. knick-a-knock.]
An echoic word imitating an alternation of knocking sounds; hence adverbially: striking from side to side with alternation of sound.
1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr., Rebuilding, His head as he tumbled went knickety-knock Like a pebble in Carisbrook well. 1825Chr. Wordsworth in Life (1888) 28 You know that the pebbles cry nickety-nock when they arrive at the bottom. |