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"To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement."
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"note": "чукам на дърво (čukam na dǎrvo, literally “to knock on wood”)",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune"
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"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "tocar fusta"
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"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
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"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
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"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
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"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "hout vasthouden"
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"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "vastu puud koputama"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "koputtaa puuta"
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"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "toucher du bois"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "auf Holz klopfen"
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"note": "χτύπα ξύλο (chtýpa xýlo, literally “hit wood”)",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune"
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"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "lekopog"
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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "amit-amit"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "toccare ferro"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "banke i bordet"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"note": "زدن به تخته (zanad be taxta, literally “to knock on the table”)",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
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"word": "odpukać w niemalowane drewno"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "bater na madeira"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "bate în lemn"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "постуча́ть по де́реву pf (postučátʹ po dérevu, literally “to knock on wood”)",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "сплю́нуть че́рез ле́вое плечо́ pf (spljúnutʹ čérez lévoje plečó, literally “to spit over the left shoulder”)",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune"
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"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
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"word": "ку̏цнути у др̏во"
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"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
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"word": "kȕcnuti u dȑvo"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "tocar madera"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "peppar, peppar, ta i trä"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "أَمْسِكْ الْخَشَبَ (ʔamsik al-ḵašaba, literally “seize wood”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
},
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"code": "ar",
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"note": "(Lebanon) دُقَّ عَالْخَشَبَ (duqqa ʕālḵašaba, literally “knock on wood”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
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"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
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"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "simbako"
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{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "大吉利市"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"note": "大吉利是 (daai⁶ gat¹ lai⁶ si⁶, literally “lucky lucky”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
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"code": "da",
"english": "syv-ni-tretten; while physically knocking under a table or on wood",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "7-9-13"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "koputa puuta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "touchons du bois"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "(dreimal) auf Holz klopfen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "χτύπα ξύλο (chtýpa xýlo, literally “knock on wood”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "lekopogom"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "amit-amit"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "tocca ferro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "tocchiamo ferro"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "桑原桑原 (くわばらくわばら, kuwabara kuwabara, literally “mulberry field mulberry field”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "choi"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "bank i bordet"
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{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "tvi tvi"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"note": "بزن به تخته (bezan be taxta, literally “knock on the table”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"note": "چشم بد دور (češm-e bad dur, literally “far [be] the evil eye”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tʹfu-tʹfu-tʹfu",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "тьфу-тьфу-тьфу"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tʹfu-tʹfu",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "тьфу-тьфу"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "toca madera"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "peppar, peppar, ta i trä"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "peppar peppar"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "tahtaya vur"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"note": "чукам на дърво (čukam na dǎrvo, literally “to knock on wood”)",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "tocar fusta"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "tocar ferro"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "banke under bordet"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "afkloppen"
},
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"code": "nl",
"english": "mostly in Belgium",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "hout vasthouden"
},
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "vastu puud koputama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "koputtaa puuta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "toucher du bois"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "auf Holz klopfen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "χτύπα ξύλο (chtýpa xýlo, literally “hit wood”)",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "lekopog"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "amit-amit"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "toccare ferro"
},
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "banke i bordet"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"note": "زدن به تخته (zanad be taxta, literally “to knock on the table”)",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"tags": [
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"word": "odpukać w niemalowane drewno"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "bater na madeira"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "bate în lemn"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "постуча́ть по де́реву pf (postučátʹ po dérevu, literally “to knock on wood”)",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "сплю́нуть че́рез ле́вое плечо́ pf (spljúnutʹ čérez lévoje plečó, literally “to spit over the left shoulder”)",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"tags": [
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"perfective"
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"word": "ку̏цнути у др̏во"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "kȕcnuti u dȑvo"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "tocar madera"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to take a customary action to ward off misfortune",
"word": "peppar, peppar, ta i trä"
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"knocking on wood"
],
"word": "knock on wood"
}
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"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English imperative sentences",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs"
],
"etymology_text": "From a folk practice of unclear origin.",
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"args": {},
"expansion": "knock on wood",
"name": "en-interj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English idioms",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I do a lot of walking, and I have never had any knee problems yet, knock on wood.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck."
],
"links": [
[
"Hopefully",
"hopefully#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic, US) Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Australia",
"New-Zealand",
"South-Africa",
"UK"
],
"word": "touch wood"
}
],
"tags": [
"US",
"idiomatic"
]
}
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌnɒk ɒn ˈwʊd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌnɑk ɑn ˈwʊd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˌnäk än ˈwʊd]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌnɑk ɔn ˈwʊd/",
"note": "Southern American English, Midland US"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-knock on wood.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/En-us-knock_on_wood.ogg/En-us-knock_on_wood.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/En-us-knock_on_wood.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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"audio": "en-au-knock on wood.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/En-au-knock_on_wood.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "أَمْسِكْ الْخَشَبَ (ʔamsik al-ḵašaba, literally “seize wood”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "(Lebanon) دُقَّ عَالْخَشَبَ (duqqa ʕālḵašaba, literally “knock on wood”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "toca fusta"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "toca ferro"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "simbako"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "大吉利市"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"note": "大吉利是 (daai⁶ gat¹ lai⁶ si⁶, literally “lucky lucky”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "syv-ni-tretten; while physically knocking under a table or on wood",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "7-9-13"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "koputa puuta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "touchons du bois"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "(dreimal) auf Holz klopfen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "χτύπα ξύλο (chtýpa xýlo, literally “knock on wood”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "lekopogom"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "amit-amit"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "tocca ferro"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "tocchiamo ferro"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "桑原桑原 (くわばらくわばら, kuwabara kuwabara, literally “mulberry field mulberry field”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "choi"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "bank i bordet"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "tvi tvi"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"note": "بزن به تخته (bezan be taxta, literally “knock on the table”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"note": "چشم بد دور (češm-e bad dur, literally “far [be] the evil eye”)",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tʹfu-tʹfu-tʹfu",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "тьфу-тьфу-тьфу"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tʹfu-tʹfu",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "тьфу-тьфу"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "toca madera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "peppar, peppar, ta i trä"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "peppar peppar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hopefully; used when undertaking such a customary action",
"word": "tahtaya vur"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"knocking on wood"
],
"word": "knock on wood"
}
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