knock up

British  

verb

1. Also: knock together.  informal to assemble quickly; improvise

   to knock up a set of shelves

2. informal to waken; rouse

   to knock someone up early

3. slang to make pregnant

4. informal to exhaust

   the heavy work knocked him up

5. cricket to score (runs)

6. (intr) tennis squash badminton to practise or hit the ball about informally, esp before a match

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noun

1. a practice session at tennis, squash, or a similar game

knock up Idioms  

1. Make pregnant, as in The young girl said she was afraid of getting knocked up . [ Slang ; early 1800s]

2. Injure or damage, as in This coffee table got all knocked up in the moving van .

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