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knocks

  • plural
    of knock.
    knock
    verb (used without object)
    to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal.
  • present tense form
    of knock (3rd person singular).
    knock
    verb (used without object)
    to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal.

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"When someone knocks on your door and tells you: 'Get up, come on, leave here. This is real, you have to go.'"

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

"So, when someone rattles you, knocks you off your game, breaks your focus, you find yourself interrupted, paused, with changing disrupting rhythms."

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

About five times a day, she says, her mom knocks on her door, often to ask for help with technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

“I feel responsible for what happened,” the neighbor said, adding that the knocks on Marseille’s door sounded “hostile.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026

Mr. Barris asks when Marco knocks on the open door, unable to step inside due to a lack of available floor.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern