"knock-knock" meaning in English

See knock-knock in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Head templates: {{en-interj}} knock-knock
  1. a verbal emulation of a knocking sound Translations (verbal knocking sound): 磕磕 (kēke, kàikài) (Chinese Mandarin), klop klop (Dutch), kop kop (Finnish), toc-toc (French), klopf klopf (German), טוק טוק (tuk tuk) (Hebrew), woi woi (Indonesian), ノックノック (nokkunokku) (Japanese), 똑똑 (ttokttok) (Korean), 노크노크 (nokeunokeu) (Korean), puk-puk (Polish), тук-ту́к (tuk-túk) (Russian), knack knack (Swedish), tok-tok (Tagalog), tak tak (Turkish), gõ gõ (Vietnamese)

Download JSON data for knock-knock meaning in English (2.8kB)

{
  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "knock-knock",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a verbal emulation of a knocking sound"
      ],
      "id": "en-knock-knock-en-intj-gj2Hk6Cf",
      "links": [
        [
          "verbal",
          "verbal"
        ],
        [
          "emulation",
          "emulation"
        ],
        [
          "knocking",
          "knocking"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kēke, kàikài",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "磕磕"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "klop klop"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "kop kop"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "toc-toc"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "klopf klopf"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tuk tuk",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "טוק טוק"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "woi woi"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nokkunokku",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "ノックノック"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ttokttok",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "똑똑"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nokeunokeu",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "노크노크"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "puk-puk"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tuk-túk",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "тук-ту́к"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "knack knack"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "tok-tok"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "tak tak"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
          "word": "gõ gõ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "knock-knock"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "knock-knock",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English interjections",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English onomatopoeias",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a verbal emulation of a knocking sound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "verbal",
          "verbal"
        ],
        [
          "emulation",
          "emulation"
        ],
        [
          "knocking",
          "knocking"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kēke, kàikài",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "磕磕"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "klop klop"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "kop kop"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "toc-toc"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "klopf klopf"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tuk tuk",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "טוק טוק"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "woi woi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nokkunokku",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "ノックノック"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ttokttok",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "똑똑"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nokeunokeu",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "노크노크"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "puk-puk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tuk-túk",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "тук-ту́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "knack knack"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "tok-tok"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "tak tak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "verbal knocking sound",
      "word": "gõ gõ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knock-knock"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.