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knocking

/ˈnɑkɪŋ/noun2 syllables

Knocking means: the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing).

Synonyms for knocking1

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

What does knocking mean?1

noun

1

the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing)“the knocking grew louder”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with knocking?8

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Knocking in a sentence

  • Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.Swift
  • Yanni was banging on the door, not knocking.Amastan
  • Wait a moment, please – someone's knocking on the door.sundown
  • Somebody was knocking on my door, waking me from a deep sleep.Amastan
  • Hans has really been knocking the drinks back today, but he's still not drunk.sundown
  • After knocking twice, the police had no choice but to break the door down.Shishir
  • A loud knocking at the door woke him up.CM
  • Dan swerved off the road to avoid knocking down a dog.Amastan

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Forms of knocking

as a noun

plural
knockings