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Definition of Knock back
1. Verb. Cost a certain amount. "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"
Definition of Knock back
1. Verb. (transitive) to stun, surprise ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To drink an alcoholic beverage swiftly or often ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knock Back
Literary usage of Knock back
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Homes of the New World: Impressions of America by Fredrika Bremer (1853)
"I requested it to knock back again, "Yes, there certainly is. Mr. George W.
Lay was two years ago American envoy in Sweden, and now lives in Batavia. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"... ie to make no difficulty about it. KNOCK. (1) To move about briskly. East.
(2) To knock a man over, to knock him down. knock back ore ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1873)
"Knock-back Ore or Knock-bark Ore, sb. ore mixed with caulk or keval. Knockings, sb.
pi. ore after it has been broken upon the knock- atone. ..."
4. Sixteen Years in Siberia: Some Experiences of a Russian Revolutionist by Lev Grigorʹevich Deĭch, Helen Chisholm (1903)
"... and supposed they must be addressed to myself, but I was soon undeceived.
I began to knock back, 1 The letters of the alphabet being arranged ..."
5. Reprinted Glossaries by Walter William Skeat (1873)
"Knock-back Ore or Knock-bark Ore, sb. ore mixed with caulk or keval. blockings, sb.
pi. ore after it has ..."
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