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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

So keep good records in case the tax man comes knocking, said Moll, “and hope the auditor or the judge agrees.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

"They are abiding by knocking down the number of logo'd items but there are lots of ways that the schools can get around it."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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

“So they’re now all knocking on the door, coming and having the conversations with the team.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Meanwhile she’d been knocking it out of the park, a fact that I probably would have noticed if I hadn’t been so distracted by my desire to see her fail.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

In the event, this ode to the last knockings of the old studio system might just be Tarantino’s best work since the first Kill Bill, even if the film’s third act left some cold.

From The Guardian ● May 25, 2019

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

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

Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter play the luvvie pair in this portrait of the final knockings of Burton and Taylor's romance.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2013

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

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