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| NOUN: | 1. Slang. A comment expressing fault: blame, censure, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, reprehension, reprobation. Informal : pan. See PRAISE. 2. The sound made by a light blow: rap1, tap1. See SOUNDS. | | VERB: | 1. Slang. To find fault with: blame, censure, criticize, fault, rap1. Informal : cut up, pan. See PRAISE. 2. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply: bash, catch, clout, hit, pop1, slam, slog, slug3, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop. Informal : biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang : belt, conk, paste. Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone. See ATTACK, STRIKE. 3. To make a noise by striking: rap1, tap1. See SOUNDS. | | PHRASAL VERB: | knock about To injure or damage, as by abuse or heavy wear: batter, mangle1, maul, rough up. See ATTACK, HELP, STRIKE. knock about 1. Informal. To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about: bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thrash out or (over), thresh out or (over), toss around. Informal : hash (over), kick around. Slang : rap3. Idioms: go into a huddle. See WORDS. 2. To be rough or brutal with: manhandle, rough (up), slap around. Slang : mess up. See ATTACK, STRIKE. knock down 1. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible: demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, tear down, wreck. Aerospace : destruct. See HELP. 2. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, down, drop, fell1, flatten, floor, ground, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. Slang : deck1. Idioms: lay low. See RISE. knock off 1. Informal. To take away (a quantity) from another quantity: abate, deduct, discount, rebate, subtract, take (off). See INCREASE. 2. Slang. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully: destroy, finish (off), kill1, liquidate, murder, slay. Informal : put away. Slang : bump off, do in, off, rub out, waste, wipe out, zap. See HELP. 3. Slang. To take property or possessions from (a person or company, for example) unlawfully and usually forcibly: hold up, rob, stick up. Slang : heist. See CRIMES, GIVE. knock out 1. To render powerless or motionless, as by inflicting severe injury: cripple, disable, immobilize, incapacitate, paralyze. Idioms: put out of action (or commission) . See HELP. 2. Informal. To make extremely tired: exhaust, fag (out), tire out, wear out. Informal : tucker (out). Slang : do in, poop1 (out). Idioms: run ragged, take it out of. See TIRED. knock over To turn or cause to turn from a vertical or horizontal position: capsize, overthrow, overturn, topple, turn over, upset. See CHANGE, HORIZONTAL, MOVE.
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