"knock together" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-knock together.ogg Forms: knocks together [present, singular, third-person], knocking together [participle, present], knocked together [participle, past], knocked together [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} knock together (third-person singular simple present knocks together, present participle knocking together, simple past and past participle knocked together)
  1. (idiomatic) To assemble something quickly; to knock up. Tags: idiomatic Translations (assemble quickly): 拼湊 (Chinese Mandarin), 拼凑 (pīncòu) (Chinese Mandarin), tekaista (Finnish), sutaista (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-knock_together-en-verb-kNDG6Kp1 Disambiguation of 'assemble quickly': 94 6
  2. (also figurative) To come together, as if in contact. Tags: also, figuratively Related terms: cobble together, jury-rig
    Sense id: en-knock_together-en-verb-cJUL1Gi8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "together", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "together": 16 84 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 64

Inflected forms

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        "(idiomatic) To assemble something quickly; to knock up."
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      "sense": "assemble quickly",
      "word": "拼湊"
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      "sense": "assemble quickly",
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