knocking

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Royaume-Uni//ˈnɒkɪŋ//
États-Unis//ˈnɑkɪŋ//

An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced

verbe

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Aussi une forme de knockpresent participle and gerund of knock

nom

1
An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced
These strange openings and closings and knockings were warnings and reminders from the spirits who attend the dying.
There was no response to continued knockings.
Recorded live to CD with new instrumentation--artillery shells, tuned suspension cables, boxes filled with springs--and deemphasized guitar parts, it's a beautiful collection of echoes and whispers, drones and knockings, with a gently swelling sense of the sinister.
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A repetitive ping, knock, or similar sound coming from an engine in which there are repeated uncontrolled explosions in the combustion chamber.
Sir―I was greatly interested in a short article in The Motor Cycle on the subject of engine knocking.
Knocking can also occur at high speed, but that may go undetected by the driver.

Formes

pluriel: knockings

knob · A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat…knock · An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object…Knock · A suburb and ward in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

knocking · An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced

knockout · The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come…knot · A looping of a piece of string or of any other long, flexible…know · To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to…

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