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"ref": "1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 15”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:",
"text": "However, by dint of beating about a little in the dark, and now and then knocking up a peaceable inhabitant to inquire the way, we at last came to something which there was no mistaking.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, page 1:",
"text": "“Very sorry to knock you up, Watson,” said he, “but it's the common lot this morning. Mrs. Hudson has been knocked up, she retorted upon me, and I on you.”",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1966, Ngaio Marsh, Death at the Dolphin, page 160:",
"text": "‘I didn't knock you up when I came in,’ Peregrine said. ‘There seemed no point. It was getting light. I just thought I’d leave the note to wake me at seven. And oddly enough I did sleep. Heavily.’",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up."
],
"links": [
[
"awaken",
"awaken"
],
[
"rouse",
"rouse"
],
[
"call",
"call"
],
[
"summon",
"summon"
],
[
"knocker up",
"knocker up#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(British) To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up."
],
"tags": [
"British"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1835, Charlotte Brontë, chapter XVII, in Villette:",
"text": "‘Now, mamma,’ he said, when he went out, ‘take notice, you are not to knock up your god-daughter with gossip,’ [...]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1861, John Petherick, Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa, page 389:",
"text": "The day being exceedingly hot, the want of food had knocked up my followers […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more."
],
"links": [
[
"exhaust",
"exhaust"
],
[
"wear out",
"wear out"
],
[
"tire out",
"tire out"
],
[
"fatigue",
"fatigue"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more."
],
"tags": [
"dated"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1856, Thomas de Quincey, Memorials, page 81:",
"text": "[…] the horses were beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe service […]",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, VII [Uniform ed., p. 87]",
"text": "I met one of your dons at tea, and he said that your degree was not in the least a proof of your abilities: he said that you knocked up and got flurried in examinations."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out."
],
"links": [
[
"give out",
"give out"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated, intransitive) To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out."
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I guess his summer plans are shot now that he knocked his girlfriend up.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Jaime Loren, Waiting for April, Pan, →ISBN:",
"text": "“And how many other girls has he knocked up?” “Would you keep your voice down? Mom's home.” She pressed her hands to her head. “I just don't understand how you could ditch Rowan and get knocked up by Scott, like, right away.”",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up."
],
"links": [
[
"impregnate",
"impregnate"
],
[
"wedlock",
"wedlock"
],
[
"knocked up",
"knocked up"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, chiefly US) To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Tennis & Rackets Association - Tournament Rules\nOfficial Knock up: if the players knock up together a maximum of five minutes shall be permitted; if they knock up separately each player shall be permitted to knock up for a maximum of five minutes.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up."
],
"links": [
[
"tennis",
"tennis"
],
[
"practice",
"practice"
],
[
"warm-up",
"warm-up"
],
[
"knock-up",
"knock-up"
]
],
"qualifier": "racket sports",
"raw_glosses": [
"(racket sports, intransitive) To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to knock up printed sheets",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form."
],
"topics": [
"arts",
"bookbinding",
"crafts",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"en:Printing"
],
"glosses": [
"To straighten up a stack of paper."
],
"links": [
[
"printing",
"printing#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete, printing) To straighten up a stack of paper."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"topics": [
"media",
"printing",
"publishing"
]
}
],
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"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "to put together",
"word": "construct"
},
{
"word": "build"
},
{
"sense": "if hasty",
"word": "kludge"
},
{
"sense": "to exhaust",
"word": "tire"
},
{
"word": "wear down"
},
{
"word": "wear out"
},
{
"word": "tire"
},
{
"sense": "to become exhausted",
"word": "tire"
},
{
"sense": "to become exhausted",
"word": "weary"
},
{
"sense": "to awaken someone",
"word": "bring round"
},
{
"word": "wake up"
},
{
"word": "awaken"
},
{
"sense": "to impregnate",
"word": "get with child"
},
{
"word": "impregnate"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To exhaust, wear out",
"word": "erschöpfen"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "To impregnate, especially out of wedlock",
"word": "zbouchnout"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To impregnate, especially out of wedlock",
"word": "panna paksuksi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To impregnate, especially out of wedlock",
"word": "encloquer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To impregnate, especially out of wedlock",
"word": "schwängern"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "délatʹ berémennoj",
"sense": "To impregnate, especially out of wedlock",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "де́лать бере́менной"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdélatʹ berémennoj",
"sense": "To impregnate, especially out of wedlock",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сде́лать бере́менной"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obrjuxátitʹ",
"sense": "To impregnate, especially out of wedlock",
"tags": [
"perfective",
"slang"
],
"word": "обрюха́тить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To impregnate, especially out of wedlock",
"word": "hacer un bombo"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "practice or warm up before a tennis match",
"word": "rozehrát se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "practice or warm up before a tennis match",
"word": "rozpinkat se"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "practice or warm up before a tennis match",
"word": "aufwärmen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "practice or warm up before a tennis match",
"word": "palleggiare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razminatʹsja",
"sense": "practice or warm up before a tennis match",
"word": "разминаться"
}
],
"word": "knock up"
}
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