knock someone over with a feather
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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knock someone's block off
to defeat or overpower someone completely
knock someone's socks off
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
knock someone's wind out
to shock or surprise someone very much
knock the living daylights out of
to defeat or beat someone thoroughly
knock the stuffing out of
to completely defeat or destroy someone's confidence or energy
knock together
to assemble or construct something quickly and roughly
knock under
To acknowledge oneself conquered; to submit, to yield.
knock-down
Or KNOCK-ME-DOWN, strong ale.
knock-it-down
To show, in the "free and easy" style, approval of a song or toast, by hammering with pot or glass on the table.
knock-’em-downs
The game of skittles.
knocked into a cocked hat
In the game of ninepins, three pins were set up in the form of a triangle, and when all the pins except these three were knocked down, the set was tech- nically said to be "knocked into a cocked hat." In modern colloquial usage, to knock someone into a cocked hat is to beat him in a contest of skill, etc.
knocked-up
Tired, jaded, used up, done for. In the United States, amongst females, the phrase is equivalent to being enceinte, so that Englishmen often unconsciously commit themselves when amongst our Yankee cousins.
knocker
"up to the KNOCKER," means finely or showily dressed, in the height of fashion; proficient, equal to the task.
knocker-face
An ugly face, i.e., like an old-fashioned door-knocker.
knocking on heaven's door
being very close to death
knocking shop
A brothel.
knocking-in
Coming into college after time. A habit of KNOCKING-IN late generally leads to some unpleasantness.—Oxford University.
knocking-out
All visitors, on leaving a college after time, have to state in whose rooms they have been, that his gate-bill may be scored up for them. When a rackety party takes place, the visitors, or "out college men," are generally supplied with a list of the names of the quietest men in college, so that the whereabouts of the party may not be betrayed.—Oxford University.
knot
A crew, gang, or fraternity. He has tied a knot with his tongue, that he cannot untie with his teeth: i.e. he is married.
know beans about
to know nothing or very little about something
know every trick in the book
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
know from a bar of soap
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
know how
have the skill or expertise to do something
know how many beans make five
be very intelligent or clever
know how to do something
have the skill or ability to perform a task
know inside and out
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
know no bounds
to be unlimited or unrestricted
know one's ass from a hole in the ground
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
know one's own mind
Be certain about one's thoughts or feelings
know one's shit
Be knowledgeable or skilled in a particular area
know one's way around
be familiar with a place or system
know someone
be familiar with someone's character
know someone from a can of paint
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
know someone from Adam
to not recognize or know someone at all
know someone from Eve
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
know someone in the biblical sense
to have had sexual intercourse with someone
know the drill
be familiar with a procedure or situation
Know Thyself
The admonition of the oracle of Apollo at Delphi; also attributed (by Dio- geneus Laertius, i, 40) to Thales, also to Solon the Athenian lawgiver, Socrates, Pythagoras, and others.
know what is what
Understand the true situation or facts
know where the bodies are buried
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
know which end is up
To have a basic understanding of something
know which side (one's) bread is buttered (on)
Be aware of where one's advantage lies
knowing
Sharp, shrewd, artful; "a KNOWING codger," or "a KNOWING blade," one who can take you in, or cheat you, in any transaction you may have with him. It implies also deep cunning and foresight, and generally signifies dishonesty.
knowing ones
Sportsmen on the turf, who from experience and an acquaintance with the jockies, are supposed to be in the secret, that is, to know the true merits or powers of each horse; notwithstanding which it often happens that the knowing ones are taken in.
knowledge is power, guard it well
Protecting and using knowledge effectively gives one an advantage
Knowledge is power. (17th Century)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
knowledge-box
The head.—Pugilistic.
knuckle
To fight with fists, to pommel.
knuckle down
to work hard and focus on a task
knuckle dragger
A stupid or brutish person
knuckle sandwich
a punch in the mouth
knuckle under
to give in or surrender
knuckle-duster
A large, heavy, or over-gaudy ring; a ring which attracts attention from its size.
knucklebone
A die.
knuckles
Pickpockets who attend the avenues to public places to steal pocket-books, watches, &c. a superior kind of pickpockets. To knuckle to, to submit.
knuller
Old term for a chimney-sweep, who solicited jobs by ringing a bell. From the Saxon, CNYLLAN, to knell, or sound a bell. See QUERIER.
Knurr and Spell
A game resembling trapball, and played with a wooden ball (the knurr} which is released by means of a spring from a little brass cup at the end of a tongue of steel called a spell or spill. After the player has touched the spring, the ball flies into the air, and is struck with a bat.
kokoro
A heart.
konoblin rig
Stealing large pieces of coal from coalsheds.