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• present participle of knock.

knocking

American  

[nahk-ing] / ˈnɑk ɪŋ /

noun

• knockings
  plural

1. the sound or action of a knock, especially when sustained or repeated.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• knockings
  plural

Example Sentences

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knocking knockings

U.S. stocks gained after the Treasury announced plans to buy back more bonds, knocking the the 30-year bond yield off recent highs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Rangers' reward for knocking out Premier Sports Cup holders St Mirren is a mouth-watering quarter-final against Old Firm rivals Celtic.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

They organized a food train, and Scott was the one who set up a cooler on my front porch and insisted people drop food without knocking, knowing we were overwhelmed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

A retoucher is used to strike the edge of a worn stone tool, knocking off small flakes to restore its intended form and cutting edge.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

Beside Boaz, Daniel tried shifting some of the open books away without knocking off one of the several dirty coffee mugs.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

His political activism was forged in a childhood spent along the campaign trail — pancake breakfasts and endless door knockings.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2018

And, if you believe their chairman, they’re set to join a club that has everything in apple pie order a mere 10 days before the Premier League season’s first knockings.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2014

In the late knockings of this Ashes series, the overall contest already lost, he may at last have found his place.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2013

Ian Evans is also an option in the second row, although Geoff Parling didn't miss one of his 14 tackles and ran an almost faultless line-out until the last knockings.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2013

Every day we get the “shopping list” from the knockings on the wall.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez