"knock knock" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1993, Leonard Kessler, Old Turtle's 90 Knock-Knocks, Jokes, and Riddles:",
          "text": "(see title)",
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          "ref": "1997, Sterling Publishing Company Staff, Fun with Little Giants: Little Giant Book of Knock-Knocks and Little Giant Book of Optical Illusions:",
          "text": "Then here's a collection to last you a lifetime, or until you've driven your parents and friends crazy, whichever comes first. This is the biggest knock-knock treasury you'll ever find",
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          "ref": "2006, Bob Phillips, Awesome Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids:",
          "text": "This collection of the crazy and zany is from Bob Phillips—which means everyone who hears these comic gems will laugh hysterically and fall to the ground in awe of the most awesome knock-knocks ever invented.",
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        "(colloquial, often childish) A phrase used to introduce a knock knock joke."
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        "A phrase used in lieu of knocking (e.g. on the door), when it is not possible to knock."
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        "(colloquial, often childish) A phrase used in lieu of knocking (e.g. on the door), when it is not possible to knock."
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