1. (v. i.) To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

2. (v. i.) To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.

3. (v. t.) To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.

4. (v. t.) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.

5. (n.) A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.

6. (n.) A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.

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