"knock together" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-knock together.ogg [Australia] 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 with particle (together) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (together): 24 76

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for knock together meaning in English (2.7kB)

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