KNOCK AGAINST Synonyms

• be incompatible; be or come into conflict

• cause to collide

• crash together with violent impact

• a loud resonant repeating noise

• a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

• a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

• the act of colliding with something

• (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative

• fall or come down violently

• move with, or as if with, a crashing noise

• undergo damage or destruction on impact

• move violently as through a barrier

• break violently or noisily; smash

• occupy, usually uninvited

• make a sudden loud sound

• enter uninvited; informal

• cause to crash

• hurl or thrust violently

• undergo a sudden and severe downturn

• stop operating

• sleep in a convenient place

• (baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)

• the act of contacting one thing with another

• a conspicuous success

• (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together

• a dose of a narcotic drug

• a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate

• a connection made via the internet to another website

• cause to move by striking

• hit against; come into sudden contact with

• deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

• reach a destination, either real or abstract

• affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

• hit with a missile from a weapon

• encounter by chance

• cause to experience suddenly

• make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

• kill intentionally and with premeditation

• drive something violently into a location

• reach a point in time, or a certain state or level

• produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

• hit the intended target or goal

• pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to

• the striking of one body against another

• a forceful consequence; a strong effect

• influencing strongly

• the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

• press or wedge together; pack together

• have an effect upon

• a sudden jarring impact

• an abrupt spasmodic movement

• move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion

• disturb (someone's) composure

• a tool for driving or forcing something by impact

• the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries

• uncastrated adult male sheep

• the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19

• strike or drive against with a heavy impact

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• undergo damage or destruction on impact

• crowd or pack to capacity

• a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

• the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

• a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast

• street names for heroin

• an enthusiastic kiss

• the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

• directly

• deliver a hard blow to

• have an element suggestive (of something)

• have a distinctive or characteristic taste

• kiss lightly

• press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating

• a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions

• an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective

• a gentle blow

• a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball

• (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders

• a conspicuous success

• deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

• hit against; come into sudden contact with

• make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target

• indicate (a certain time) by striking

• affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely

• stop work in order to press demands

• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

• attain

• produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments

• cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp

• find unexpectedly

• produce by ignition or a blow

• remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

• cause to experience suddenly

• drive something violently into a location

• occupy or take on

• disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set

• form by stamping, punching, or printing

• smooth with a strickle

• pierce with force

• hook by a pull on the line

• arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing

• a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

• a heavy blow with the hand

• move rhythmically

• make a dull sound

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

• collide violently with an obstacle

• lie adjacent to another or share a boundary

• collide violently with an obstacle

• collide violently with an obstacle

• be beset by

• collide violently with an obstacle

• hit against; come into sudden contact with

• come together