Knock-up
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Knock-up is a noun meaning (sports) A short practice session before a tennis match.
Meaning
(sports) A short practice session before a tennis match.
More Meanings
- Something constructed shoddily or hastily.
- (slang) A pregnancy.
Example Sentences
When will we wake up? I see young girls pregnant and young boys adding up their “knock-ups” like a scorecard at a mob gambling venue.
One of those unadorned late-fifties hillside knockups posing as intentionally contemporary but really the product of a tight construction budget.
In the way of friendly knockups I played at times with both the Renshaws and Lawford, but at that time there is no doubt that they were better than I was.
Word Forms
- knock-ups
- knockup
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include knockup, hit-out, rest, knockout, tune-up, stop.
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