Usually means: Wake or summon by knocking.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. knock-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. knock-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. knock-up, knock-up: Collins English Dictionary
  4. knock-up: Wordnik
  5. knock-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. knock-up: Wiktionary
  7. knock-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Squash Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Knock-up: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (knock-up)

▸ noun:  (sports) A short practice session before a tennis match.
▸ noun:  Something constructed shoddily or hastily.
▸ noun:  (slang) A pregnancy.

Similar:
knockup, hit-out, rest, knockabout, knockout, tune-up, stop, hitout, puntabout, shootaround, more...

Opposite:
knock-down, lower, bring down, demolish

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Similar:
knockup, hit-out, rest, knockabout, knockout, tune-up, stop, hitout, puntabout, shootaround, more...

Opposite:
knock-down, lower, bring down, demolish



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