knock
belt
rap
whack
whang | the act of hitting vigorously, he gave the table a whack |
| knock on | (rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul) |
gin
gin rummy
knock rummy | a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less thanpoints |
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
agreement
correspondence | compatibility of observations, there was no agreement between theory and measurement, the results of two tests were in correspondence |
knock
roast | negative criticism |
agreement
arrangement | the thing arranged or agreed to, they made arrangements to meet in Chicago |
purchase contract
purchase agreement | a contract stating the terms of a purchase |
| fair-trade agreement | an agreement (illegal in the United States) between the manufacturer of a trademarked item of merchandise and its retail distributors to sell the item at a price at or above the price set by the manufacturer |
articles of agreement
shipping articles | a contract between crew and captain of a ship |
labor contract
labor agreement
collective agreement | contract between labor and management governing wages and benefits and working conditions |
employment contract
employment agreement | contract between employer and employee |
| distribution agreement | a contract governing the marketing of an item of merchandise |
| licensing agreement | contract giving someone the legal right to use a patent or trademark |
merger agreement
acquisition agreement | contract governing the merger of two or more companies |
sale
sales agreement | an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer), the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office |
| agreement understanding | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises, they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business, there was an understanding between management and the workers |
| working agreement | an informal agreement to work together |
| gentlemen's agreement | a personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding |
| written agreement | a legal document summarizing the agreement between parties |
| agreement | the verbal act of agreeing |
| severance agreement | an agreement on the terms on which an employee will leave |
| knock | a bad experience, the school of hard knocks |
| knock knocking | the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing), the knocking grew louder |
knock
bash
bang smash belt | a vigorous blow, the sudden knock floored him, he took a bash right in his face, he got a bang on the head |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GATT | a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas |
| knock-on effect | a secondary or incidental effect |
| agreement concord | the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations |
| number agreement | agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify) |
| person agreement | agreement in person between pronouns and verbs |
| case agreement | agreement in grammatical case between words in the same construction |
| gender agreement | agreement in grammatical gender between words in the same construction |
| agreement accord | harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters, the two parties were in agreement |
knock-knee
genu valgum
tibia valga | an inward slant of the thigh |
impregnate
knock up
bang up
prang up | make pregnant, He impregnated his wife again |
| knock out | destroy or break forcefully, The windows were knocked out |
| blast knock down | shatter as if by explosion |
| drop knock off | stop pursuing or acting, drop a lawsuit, knock it off! |
| knock out | empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out, knocked out a pipe |
| knock out | eliminate, knock out a target |
knock criticize
criticise
pick apart | find fault with, express criticism of, point out real or perceived flaws, The paper criticized the new movie, Don't knock the food--it's free |
| knock strike hard | deliver a sharp blow or push :He knocked the glass clear across the room |
bump
knock | knock against with force or violence, My car bumped into the tree |
down
knock down cut down
push down
pull down | cause to come or go down, The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect, The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet |
run into
bump into
jar against
butt against knock against | collide violently with an obstacle, I ran into the telephone pole |
neutralize
neutralise
liquidate
waste
knock off
do in | get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing, The mafia liquidated the informer, the double agent was neutralized |
deck
coldcock
dump
knock down
floor | knock down with force, He decked his opponent |
knock cold
knock out
kayo | knock unconscious or senseless, the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds |
| knock | rap with the knuckles, knock on the door |
buffet
knock about
batter | strike against forcefully, Winds buffeted the tent |