knockingn.

/ˈnɒkɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of knock v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking so as to produce sound > knocking

knockinga1340

society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > knocking, etc., as signal > [noun]

knockingc1500

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun] > knock

knock1899

knocking1899

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxi. 8 In knokynge of brest.

c1500 Adam Bel 226 Who is there nowe, sayde the porter, That maketh all this knocking?

1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.iii^v Lightyng of candles to ymages, knockynge and knellynge to them.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. ii. 72 Wake Duncan with thy knocking: I would thou could'st.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. ii. §17 There is no such knocking of particles.

1762 S. Foote Orators ii. 37 Certain thumpings, knockings, scratchings.

1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 81 Roused by a loud and continued knocking at the door of the house.

1899 J. Perry Steam Engine ii. 30 Knocking or Back-lash.—It will be noticed that however good may be the fit of a brass to a pin, when the forces between them are suddenly reversed, there is a blow.

1903 M. P. Bale Gas & Oil Engine Managem. iv. 61 Knocking may also arise from the key of the flywheel becoming loose.

1904 A. B. F. Young Compl. Motorist (ed. 2) ix. 220 If a knocking noise is heard in the cylinders.

1920 Conquest June 399/3 The [compressed] fuel..will be spontaneously ignited before the spark occurs. Motorists recognise the resultant symptoms by the name of ‘knocking’.

1928 Daily Express 19 May 13/2 My advice to all motorists who are puzzled about..the ‘knocking’ which invariably accompanies carbonisation, is that they should lose not an hour in getting the engine ‘decoked’.

1928 Punch 30 May p. xxi Carbon causes knocking, and knocking means loss of power.

1946 Mod. Petroleum Technol. (Inst. Petroleum) 245 All reciprocating petrol engines, if run on unsuitable fuel, will produce a characteristic noise known as knocking, the quality of the sound varying from a sharp pink to a low thud according to the design of the engine and the composition of the fuel.

1971 Guardian 13 Dec. 1/4 Steam injection could eliminate ‘knocking’ on unleaded fuel even in high compression engines.

b. With adverbs: see knock v. Phrasal verbs (Also attributive)

ΚΠ

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vii. v. lf. 49/2 Grysbating and knokking togedres of teeþ.

a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1831) IV. xxii. 229 It seems..probable..that bowing the knee answers to the very vulgar expression of knocking under.

1840 N.Z. Jrnl. 1 Aug. 183/1 Any one coming out must expect to have a good knocking about.

1868 in Hughes Tom Brown (ed. 6) Pref. The old delusion..that knocking about will turn a timid body into a bold one.

1897 Organ Voicing & Tuning 9 A knocking-up cup, similar in form to the cone... It is of great substance, and, therefore, heavy, that it may the more readily effect its mission, namely, that of ‘knocking up’ or reducing the wind-hole of the pipe.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 19 Aug. 15/2 It is always the brim that matters in one's knocking-about hat.

1909 T. Elliston Organs 331 Knocking up cup. A tool used by metal hands (metal pipe makers) for rounding off the terminals of metal tubes. It is of considerable substance (brass), and has a kind of handle at the top.

1922 A. E. Crawley Lawn Tennis Do's & Don'ts 42 As in many other games, it is not normal to get into your stroke at once; hence the need of a few minutes' knocking-up before a game.

1924 F. G. Lowe Lawn Tennis 10 When a new stroke has been learnt..it is an excellent idea to practise it against a wall until it becomes perfect. This ‘knocking up’ will also materially improve footwork and quicken up the player.

1970 Country Life 20 Aug. 469/3 (caption) ‘Knocking-up’ slate in front of a miner's house..Co. Durham.

1973 Oxf. Mag. 4 May 9/2 Knocking-up is notoriously not done in America, even by tennis players trying to warm up their partners before a match.

c. knocking-off n. (a) = knock-off n. 2; also (in full knocking-off time), the time laid down for the end of a spell of work. (b) Spinning. Automatic stopping of the bobbin and flyer frames when a sufficient length of yarn has been wound on to the bobbin. (c) Weaving. Automatic stopping of the loom when the shuttle fails to reach the box.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > stopping work

knocking-off1883

knock-off1948

society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > stopping work > stopping time

upwark15..

leaving-off time1834

quitting time1835

knocking-off1883

shutting-up time1889

knock-off time1899

thirty1929

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > other processes involved in

knocking-off1883

picking1884

stretch spinning1925

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other processes involved in

cording1822

take-up1832

float1863

shedding1863

shuttling1874

knocking-off1912

1883 H. E. Walmsley Cotton Spinning 15 See that the saddles and weights are accurate, and that both front and back knocking-off motions are in perfect working order.

1886 in Amer. Speech (1950) 25 35/1 The entire mill is kept on operation long after knocking off..to make up for time lost during the day.

1887 in Amer. Speech (1950) 25 35/1 Saturday evening last, just about knocking off time.

1894 in Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 11 Aug. (E.D.D.).

1901 H. E. Walmsley Cotton Spinning II. iii. 67 It is still more difficult to invent a motion that will prevent tenters from doffing bobbins before knocking-off does take place.

1908 H. Priestman Princ. Woollen Spinning x. 282 If a mule were empty, and were run with the knocking-off gear out of action,..the rollers would revolve at all kinds of varying speeds.

1912 T. Roberts Tappet & Dobby Looms ix. 198 In order to reduce the vibration and strain on the various parts of the loom when knocking-off takes place, strong springs..are employed which serve as cushions for the frogs.

1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment ix. 123 He..knocked off work for the day. There was no knocking off for the army.

1927 T. Thornley Cotton Spinning (ed. 4) iii. 61 This completes the knocking-off motion and the lap may now be doffed.

1935 J. W. Hutchinson Mod. Looms xxix. 265 The sudden knocking-off of the loom may crack the cast iron brushes on the sword pin.

1944 R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 292 At knocking-off time..the hooter sounds and everyone climbs thankfully out of their overalls.

1958 Times 14 Apr. 6/1 It is not all that difficult to control tea-breaks, knocking-off times or shift changes without upsetting your employees.

1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 45 Another cubic metre to shift before knocking-off time.

d. knocking over n. Machine-knitting. = knock-over n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > processes involved in

grafting1841

toeing1871

increase1872

knocking over1875

underlap1926

plating1937

knock-over1952

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1237/1 The stripping or knocking-over wheel..then throws the old loops entirely over the tops of the needles.

1964 H. Wignall Knitting ii. 28 The needle now moves to its lowest position drawing the new loop through the fabric loop which is now cast off. On the original Lee knitting frame this called for physical effort and this action was called knocking over.

e. the last knockings, the last earnings; so to be on the last knockings, to approach the end of one's employment or earnings.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > be near end of employment or earnings

to be on the last knockings1939

1939 H. Hodge Cab, Sir? iii. 31 I..have left it late, and come in ‘at the last knockings’.

1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights iii. 137 When I was on the last knockings I tried to get my bird out earning again.

2. plural.

a. (See quot. 1679.)

ΚΠ

1679 Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 1063 A third sort of Salt we have which we call Knockings, which doth candy on the Stailes of the Barrow.

b. Mining. Ore that has been broken with a hammer before being crushed.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > ore broken with hammer

knockings1747

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Pij To break the Knockings, and crush them to Knockbark, to make the Ore merchantable.

c. Small pieces broken off from stone by hammering or chiseling.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > piece of stone > splinter of stone

schulderec1440

spallc1440

shalder1577

shiver1600

scabbling1790

knockings1875

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1240/1 The sorting of lead ore by the sieve develops three qualities, knockings, riddlings, and fell. The former are large scraps, which are picked out.

Compounds

General attributive. See quots.

knocking-bucker n. bucker n.²

ΚΠ

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iv. 166 Three sorts, viz. round Ore, small Ore, and Smithum; the two last whereof are first beaten to pieces with an instrument called a Knocking-bucker.

knocking-mell n.

ΚΠ

1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Knocking-mell, a large wooden hammer used for bruising barley.

1858 Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. VI. 8 A strong knockin-mell or wooden pestle.

knocking-mill n.

ΚΠ

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Stamping-mill, Knocking-mill, an Engine used in the Tin-works, to bruise the Ore small.

knocking-room n.

ΚΠ

1887 N. D. Davis Cavaliers & Roundheads Barbados 9 The pots were removed to the Knocking Room. Here they were knocked with force against the ground, causing the sugar to come out in a loaf.

knocking-stone n.

ΚΠ

a1814 J. Ramsay Scotl. & Scotsmen 18th Cent. (1888) II. viii. 70 Its place..was supplied..by knocked bear. Every family had therefore a knocking-stone.

knocking-trough n.

ΚΠ

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Knocking-trough, a conical trough in which the rind is beat off barley with a mallet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

knockingadj.

Etymology: < knock v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈknocking.

a. That knocks (see the verb); †figurative violent, forcible, ‘thumping’; ‘knock-down’, clinching, decisive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great

swappingc1440

bumping1566

thumping1576

swingeinga1592

knocking1598

gigantical1604

gigantine1605

gigantean1611

gigantal?1614

thundering1618

whoppinga1625

humming1654

rapping1657

whisking1673

threshing1707

sousing1735

nation1765

heroic1785

runaway1790

spanking1791

gigantic1797

whacking1797

cracking1834

ringing1834

bouncing1842

walloping1847

stavingc1850

banging1864

howling1865

whooping1866

smacking1888

God almighty1913

Christ almighty1961

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [adjective] > striking hard or vigorously

knocking1598

hard-hitting1800

punishing1811

slogging1871

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > overcoming or overwhelming

tyrannous1549

overwhelming1567

overpowering1616

overbearing1639

surprising1645

defeating1661

knock-down1690

overcoming1704

knocking1711

knock-me-down1944

the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > (of knees) knocking

knocking1734

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 17 b/1 Prickinge, knockinge, or beatinge payne.

1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare v. 33 Heere is a knocking and long-lasting lie, worthy to be nailed vpon a post or pillory.

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 Dec. (1948) II. 444 The lords..they say, are preparing some knocking addresses.

1734 A. Pope Epist. to Visct. Cobham 12 Still to his Wench he creeps, on knocking knees.

b. knocking copy n. advertising which claims that the product of another manufacturer is inferior to one's own. (Cf. knock v. 2g.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [noun] > advertising derogatory to other product

knocking copy1958

1958 Times 1 July 11/5 Certain types of announcement covering such things as..politically and religiously controversial statements, ‘knocking’ copy, and so on.

1960 Guardian 19 Dec. 3/2 In advertising, the pamphlet advocates the ending of the ‘no knocking copy rule’, which restricts competition by preventing one advertiser from ‘fairly disparaging’ another's product.

1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising iv. 37 ‘Knocking copy’, designed to discredit competing products, offends against the principle of ‘positiveness’ mentioned earlier, and is besides considered bad form.

1969 Listener 23 Jan. 127/3 Knocking copy means advertisements which point out clearly that one brand is better than another brand.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	knocking
释义	knockingn. /ˈnɒkɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of knock v. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking so as to produce sound > knocking knockinga1340 society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > knocking, etc., as signal > [noun] knockingc1500 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun] > knock knock1899 knocking1899 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxi. 8 In knokynge of brest. c1500 Adam Bel 226 Who is there nowe, sayde the porter, That maketh all this knocking? 1546 Supplic. Poor Commons sig. a.iii^v Lightyng of candles to ymages, knockynge and knellynge to them. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) ii. ii. 72 Wake Duncan with thy knocking: I would thou could'st. View more context for this quotation 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. ii. §17 There is no such knocking of particles. 1762 S. Foote Orators ii. 37 Certain thumpings, knockings, scratchings. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 81 Roused by a loud and continued knocking at the door of the house. 1899 J. Perry Steam Engine ii. 30 Knocking or Back-lash.—It will be noticed that however good may be the fit of a brass to a pin, when the forces between them are suddenly reversed, there is a blow. 1903 M. P. Bale Gas & Oil Engine Managem. iv. 61 Knocking may also arise from the key of the flywheel becoming loose. 1904 A. B. F. Young Compl. Motorist (ed. 2) ix. 220 If a knocking noise is heard in the cylinders. 1920 Conquest June 399/3 The [compressed] fuel..will be spontaneously ignited before the spark occurs. Motorists recognise the resultant symptoms by the name of ‘knocking’. 1928 Daily Express 19 May 13/2 My advice to all motorists who are puzzled about..the ‘knocking’ which invariably accompanies carbonisation, is that they should lose not an hour in getting the engine ‘decoked’. 1928 Punch 30 May p. xxi Carbon causes knocking, and knocking means loss of power. 1946 Mod. Petroleum Technol. (Inst. Petroleum) 245 All reciprocating petrol engines, if run on unsuitable fuel, will produce a characteristic noise known as knocking, the quality of the sound varying from a sharp pink to a low thud according to the design of the engine and the composition of the fuel. 1971 Guardian 13 Dec. 1/4 Steam injection could eliminate ‘knocking’ on unleaded fuel even in high compression engines. b. With adverbs: see knock v. Phrasal verbs (Also attributive) ΚΠ 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) vii. v. lf. 49/2 Grysbating and knokking togedres of teeþ. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1831) IV. xxii. 229 It seems..probable..that bowing the knee answers to the very vulgar expression of knocking under. 1840 N.Z. Jrnl. 1 Aug. 183/1 Any one coming out must expect to have a good knocking about. 1868 in Hughes Tom Brown (ed. 6) Pref. The old delusion..that knocking about will turn a timid body into a bold one. 1897 Organ Voicing & Tuning 9 A knocking-up cup, similar in form to the cone... It is of great substance, and, therefore, heavy, that it may the more readily effect its mission, namely, that of ‘knocking up’ or reducing the wind-hole of the pipe. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 19 Aug. 15/2 It is always the brim that matters in one's knocking-about hat. 1909 T. Elliston Organs 331 Knocking up cup. A tool used by metal hands (metal pipe makers) for rounding off the terminals of metal tubes. It is of considerable substance (brass), and has a kind of handle at the top. 1922 A. E. Crawley Lawn Tennis Do's & Don'ts 42 As in many other games, it is not normal to get into your stroke at once; hence the need of a few minutes' knocking-up before a game. 1924 F. G. Lowe Lawn Tennis 10 When a new stroke has been learnt..it is an excellent idea to practise it against a wall until it becomes perfect. This ‘knocking up’ will also materially improve footwork and quicken up the player. 1970 Country Life 20 Aug. 469/3 (caption) ‘Knocking-up’ slate in front of a miner's house..Co. Durham. 1973 Oxf. Mag. 4 May 9/2 Knocking-up is notoriously not done in America, even by tennis players trying to warm up their partners before a match. c. knocking-off n. (a) = knock-off n. 2; also (in full knocking-off time), the time laid down for the end of a spell of work. (b) Spinning. Automatic stopping of the bobbin and flyer frames when a sufficient length of yarn has been wound on to the bobbin. (c) Weaving. Automatic stopping of the loom when the shuttle fails to reach the box. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > stopping work knocking-off1883 knocking-off1883 knock-off1948 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > stopping work > stopping time upwark15.. leaving-off time1834 quitting time1835 knocking-off1883 shutting-up time1889 knock-off time1899 thirty1929 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > spinning > other processes involved in knocking-off1883 picking1884 stretch spinning1925 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > weaving > other processes involved in cording1822 take-up1832 float1863 shedding1863 shuttling1874 knocking-off1912 1883 H. E. Walmsley Cotton Spinning 15 See that the saddles and weights are accurate, and that both front and back knocking-off motions are in perfect working order. 1886 in Amer. Speech (1950) 25 35/1 The entire mill is kept on operation long after knocking off..to make up for time lost during the day. 1887 in Amer. Speech (1950) 25 35/1 Saturday evening last, just about knocking off time. 1894 in Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 11 Aug. (E.D.D.). 1901 H. E. Walmsley Cotton Spinning II. iii. 67 It is still more difficult to invent a motion that will prevent tenters from doffing bobbins before knocking-off does take place. 1908 H. Priestman Princ. Woollen Spinning x. 282 If a mule were empty, and were run with the knocking-off gear out of action,..the rollers would revolve at all kinds of varying speeds. 1912 T. Roberts Tappet & Dobby Looms ix. 198 In order to reduce the vibration and strain on the various parts of the loom when knocking-off takes place, strong springs..are employed which serve as cushions for the frogs. 1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment ix. 123 He..knocked off work for the day. There was no knocking off for the army. 1927 T. Thornley Cotton Spinning (ed. 4) iii. 61 This completes the knocking-off motion and the lap may now be doffed. 1935 J. W. Hutchinson Mod. Looms xxix. 265 The sudden knocking-off of the loom may crack the cast iron brushes on the sword pin. 1944 R.A.F. Jrnl. Aug. 292 At knocking-off time..the hooter sounds and everyone climbs thankfully out of their overalls. 1958 Times 14 Apr. 6/1 It is not all that difficult to control tea-breaks, knocking-off times or shift changes without upsetting your employees. 1974 N. Freeling Dressing of Diamond 45 Another cubic metre to shift before knocking-off time. d. knocking over n. Machine-knitting. = knock-over n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > processes involved in grafting1841 toeing1871 increase1872 knocking over1875 underlap1926 plating1937 knock-over1952 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1237/1 The stripping or knocking-over wheel..then throws the old loops entirely over the tops of the needles. 1964 H. Wignall Knitting ii. 28 The needle now moves to its lowest position drawing the new loop through the fabric loop which is now cast off. On the original Lee knitting frame this called for physical effort and this action was called knocking over. e. the last knockings, the last earnings; so to be on the last knockings, to approach the end of one's employment or earnings. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > be near end of employment or earnings to be on the last knockings1939 1939 H. Hodge Cab, Sir? iii. 31 I..have left it late, and come in ‘at the last knockings’. 1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights iii. 137 When I was on the last knockings I tried to get my bird out earning again. 2. plural. a. (See quot. 1679.) ΚΠ 1679 Philos. Trans. 1677 (Royal Soc.) 12 1063 A third sort of Salt we have which we call Knockings, which doth candy on the Stailes of the Barrow. b. Mining. Ore that has been broken with a hammer before being crushed. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > ore broken with hammer knockings1747 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Pij To break the Knockings, and crush them to Knockbark, to make the Ore merchantable. c. Small pieces broken off from stone by hammering or chiseling. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > piece of stone > splinter of stone schulderec1440 spallc1440 shalder1577 shiver1600 scabbling1790 knockings1875 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1240/1 The sorting of lead ore by the sieve develops three qualities, knockings, riddlings, and fell. The former are large scraps, which are picked out. Compounds General attributive. See quots. knocking-bucker n. bucker n.² ΚΠ 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. iv. 166 Three sorts, viz. round Ore, small Ore, and Smithum; the two last whereof are first beaten to pieces with an instrument called a Knocking-bucker. knocking-mell n. ΚΠ 1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Knocking-mell, a large wooden hammer used for bruising barley. 1858 Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. VI. 8 A strong knockin-mell or wooden pestle. knocking-mill n. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Stamping-mill, Knocking-mill, an Engine used in the Tin-works, to bruise the Ore small. knocking-room n. ΚΠ 1887 N. D. Davis Cavaliers & Roundheads Barbados 9 The pots were removed to the Knocking Room. Here they were knocked with force against the ground, causing the sugar to come out in a loaf. knocking-stone n. ΚΠ a1814 J. Ramsay Scotl. & Scotsmen 18th Cent. (1888) II. viii. 70 Its place..was supplied..by knocked bear. Every family had therefore a knocking-stone. knocking-trough n. ΚΠ 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Knocking-trough, a conical trough in which the rind is beat off barley with a mallet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021). knockingadj. Etymology: < knock v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈknocking. a. That knocks (see the verb); †figurative violent, forcible, ‘thumping’; ‘knock-down’, clinching, decisive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great swappingc1440 bumping1566 thumping1576 swingeinga1592 knocking1598 gigantical1604 gigantine1605 gigantean1611 gigantal?1614 thundering1618 whoppinga1625 humming1654 rapping1657 whisking1673 threshing1707 sousing1735 nation1765 heroic1785 runaway1790 spanking1791 gigantic1797 whacking1797 cracking1834 ringing1834 bouncing1842 walloping1847 stavingc1850 banging1864 howling1865 whooping1866 smacking1888 God almighty1913 Christ almighty1961 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [adjective] > striking hard or vigorously knocking1598 hard-hitting1800 punishing1811 slogging1871 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > overcoming or overwhelming tyrannous1549 overwhelming1567 overpowering1616 overbearing1639 surprising1645 defeating1661 knock-down1690 overcoming1704 knocking1711 knock-me-down1944 the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [adjective] > (of knees) knocking knocking1734 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 17 b/1 Prickinge, knockinge, or beatinge payne. 1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare v. 33 Heere is a knocking and long-lasting lie, worthy to be nailed vpon a post or pillory. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 Dec. (1948) II. 444 The lords..they say, are preparing some knocking addresses. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Visct. Cobham 12 Still to his Wench he creeps, on knocking knees. b. knocking copy n. advertising which claims that the product of another manufacturer is inferior to one's own. (Cf. knock v. 2g.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [noun] > advertising derogatory to other product knocking copy1958 1958 Times 1 July 11/5 Certain types of announcement covering such things as..politically and religiously controversial statements, ‘knocking’ copy, and so on. 1960 Guardian 19 Dec. 3/2 In advertising, the pamphlet advocates the ending of the ‘no knocking copy rule’, which restricts competition by preventing one advertiser from ‘fairly disparaging’ another's product. 1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising iv. 37 ‘Knocking copy’, designed to discredit competing products, offends against the principle of ‘positiveness’ mentioned earlier, and is besides considered bad form. 1969 Listener 23 Jan. 127/3 Knocking copy means advertisements which point out clearly that one brand is better than another brand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1340adj.1598
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