English Explanatory Dictionary

knock-up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A short practice session before a tennis match.
  2. Something constructed shoddily or hastily.
  3. A pregnancy.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-knock-up.wav

Word forms

knock-up knock-ups knockup

Etymology

Deverbal from knock up.

Related words

knock up
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