knock up

Verb

 * 1)  To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. See also.
 * 2)  To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also.
 * 3)  To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.
 * 4)  To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.
 * 5) * 1907,, The Longest Journey, Part I, VII [Uniform ed., p. 87]:
 * I met one of your dons at tea, and he said that your degree was not in the least a proof of your abilities: he said that you knocked up and got flurried in examinations.
 * 1)  To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.
 * 2)  To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.
 * 3) * The Tennis & Rackets Association - Tournament Rules
 * "en"
 * 1) * 1907,, The Longest Journey, Part I, VII [Uniform ed., p. 87]:
 * I met one of your dons at tea, and he said that your degree was not in the least a proof of your abilities: he said that you knocked up and got flurried in examinations.
 * 1)  To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.
 * 2)  To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.
 * 3) * The Tennis & Rackets Association - Tournament Rules
 * "en"
 * 1)  To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.
 * 2) * The Tennis & Rackets Association - Tournament Rules
 * "en"

- Official Knock up: if the players knock up together a maximum of five minutes shall be permitted; if they knock up separately each player shall be permitted to knock up for a maximum of five minutes.


 * 1)  To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form.
 * 2)  To straighten up a stack of paper.
 * 1)  To straighten up a stack of paper.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:build or (if hasty) Thesaurus:kludge
 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:tire
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:awaken
 * ; see also Thesaurus:impregnate
 * ; see also Thesaurus:impregnate

Translations

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 * Czech:
 * Finnish: panna paksuksi
 * French:
 * German:
 * Russian: де́лать бере́менной, сде́лать бере́менной,
 * Spanish: hacer un bombo


 * Czech: rozehrát se, rozpinkat se
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Russian: