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Definition: TO KNOCK UP |
TO KNOCK UP1. To fail of strength; to become wearied or worn out, as with labor; to give out. ``The horses were beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe service.'' --De Quincey. |
| Domain | Definition |
Multilingual Slang | Spanish (quedar de encargo). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "TO KNOCK UP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hungarian | kifárad (get tired out, to fatigue, to peg out, to peter out, to tire), felcsinál (to put sy up the duff), összetákol (botch, patch up, quisle, to botch up, to clout, to cobble, to fabricate, to knock together, to slap together, to slobber, to tinker up), összeüt (knock together, patch up, to clash, to extemporize, to knock together, to patch up). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otay ockknay upay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-k-k-n-o-o-p-t-u" | |
-1 letter: knockout. | |
-3 letters: copout, coupon. | |
-4 letters: conto, coopt, count, knock, knout, punto, puton. | |
-5 letters: conk, cook, coon, coop, coot, coup, knop, knot, konk, kook, koto, nock, nook, onto, pock, poco, poon, pout, puck, punk, punt, took, toon, tuck, unco, unto, upon. | |
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