knock

US /nɑk/

UK /nɒk/

A2

noun

  • Bad experience that reduces a person's confidence
  • Action of something solid hitting something hard

verb

  • To criticize someone in an unreasonable way
  • To hit something to get people's attention
  • To strike something hard, causing damage

Examples

I knocked my head on one of the beams.

He had knocked one of the pictures off the wall.