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knock up

Definitions

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  • verb make pregnant

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hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. fecundate
  2. fertilise
  3. fertilize
  4. inseminate

cross-references (4)

Cross-references

  1. knock together
  2. knock-up
  3. knocker up
  4. knocking shop

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  • qroqqa commented on the word knock up

    also v.i. practise before a tennis game

    July 17, 2008

  • johnmperry commented on the word knock up

    also (v.t.) to impregnate (7th definition, = to make pregnant)

    July 17, 2008

  • johnmperry commented on the word knock up

    also (v) to wake someone up (early). See knocker-up

    July 17, 2008

  • emil commented on the word knock up

    in Australian slang, means "to whip up (a dish)"

    July 2, 2009

  • yarb commented on the word knock up

    "It was about eleven o'clock at night when they arrived at Senlis, which was the place at which they proposed to lodge, and where they were obliged to knock up the people of the inn, before they could have their supper prepared."

    — Smollett, Peregrine Pickle

    March 9, 2022