knickety-knockadv.n.

Brit.

/ˌnɪkᵻtɪˈnɒk/, U.S.

/ˌnɪkᵻdiˈnɑk/

Etymology: Echoic: compare knick-a-knock n.

An echoic word imitating an alternation of knocking sounds; hence adverbially: striking from side to side with alternation of sound. Also as n.: a tapping or knocking sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [adverb] > knock

knickety-knock1812

1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 37 His head as he tumbled, went nickety knock Like a pebble in Carisbrook well.

1825 Chr. Wordsworth in Life (1888) 28 You know that the pebbles cry nickety-nock when they arrive at the bottom.

1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve III. v. 106 There keeps soundin' in my ears a nickety-knock like the tappin' on a coffin-lid.

1908 H. de V. Stacpoole Blue Lagoon v Fixed in his memory, along with the rain and the wind and the smell of the burning turf, and the grunting of the pig and the knickety-knock of a rocking cradle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knickety-knock
释义	knickety-knockadv.n. Brit. /ˌnɪkᵻtɪˈnɒk/, U.S. /ˌnɪkᵻdiˈnɑk/ Etymology: Echoic: compare knick-a-knock n. An echoic word imitating an alternation of knocking sounds; hence adverbially: striking from side to side with alternation of sound. Also as n.: a tapping or knocking sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [adverb] > knock knickety-knock1812 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 37 His head as he tumbled, went nickety knock Like a pebble in Carisbrook well. 1825 Chr. Wordsworth in Life (1888) 28 You know that the pebbles cry nickety-nock when they arrive at the bottom. 1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve III. v. 106 There keeps soundin' in my ears a nickety-knock like the tappin' on a coffin-lid. 1908 H. de V. Stacpoole Blue Lagoon v Fixed in his memory, along with the rain and the wind and the smell of the burning turf, and the grunting of the pig and the knickety-knock of a rocking cradle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.n.1812
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