"knocked up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-knocked up.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} knocked up (not comparable)
  1. (slang, principally American, sometimes offensive) Pregnant, typically outside of marriage. Tags: not-comparable, offensive, slang, sometimes Synonyms: pregnant Translations (pregnant): en cloque (French), på smällen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-knocked_up-en-adj-1XnmXDWg Disambiguation of 'pregnant': 100 0
  2. (slang, archaic) Exhausted; worn out or used up. Tags: archaic, not-comparable, slang
    Sense id: en-knocked_up-en-adj-bTdGk6qU

Verb

Audio: En-au-knocked up.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} knocked up
  1. simple past and past participle of knock up Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: knock up Categories (topical): Pregnancy
    Sense id: en-knocked_up-en-verb-UOw2FvkG Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 3 8 90 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 11 9 80

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