Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Substantiv

1. A device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.

Verb

1. (transitive) To bump or hit so that something falls off
2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To quit; stop doing work or other activity. The term originated from the practice aboard slave galleys to have a man beat time for the rowers by knocking on a block or drum; when he stopped, the rowers could rest.
3. (idiomatic) To kill someone
4. (idiomatic) To reduce or remove
5. (idiomatic) To rob.
6. (transitive) To make a copy of, as of a design.
7. (transitive) To assign (an item) to a bidder at an auction, indicated by knocking on the counter.