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Similar words: knock-on · knock down · knock off · knock out · clock on · knock up · lock on · knock over · knock around · knock-off

knock on

(v + adv) RUGBY

TRANSITIVElig chun tosaighthe ball was knocked on ligeadh an pheil chun tosaigh

INTRANSITIVEan pheil a ligean chun tosaigh

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to knock sth on the head informal1 put an end to sth deireadh a chur le rud, stop a chur le rudshe knocked my plans on the head chuir sí deireadh le mo chuid pleananna2 choose not to do sth diúltú do rudhe knocked the tour on the head chinn sé gan dul ar an turas, shocraigh sé éirí as an turas3 discredit, invalidate bréagnaigh, spior spear a dhéanamh dethe rumours have been knocked on the head cruthaíodh nach raibh aon bhunús leis na ráflaí, tá na ráflaí bréagnaithe
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he knocked his head on the cupboard bhuail sé a chloigeann faoin gcófra
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she got a knock on the head fuair sí buille sa chloigeann
knock-on »

a scrum due to a knock-on clibirt mar gheall ar ligean chun tosaigh
light »

there was a light knock on the door buaileadh cnag éadrom ar an doras
on »

to knock sb on the head duine a chnagadh sa cheann
superstitiously »

she superstitiously knocked on the table chnag sí ar an mbord go piseogach
window »

there was a knock on the window buaileadh cnag ar an bhfuinneog
wood »

touch wood (also knock on wood) slán a bheimid, slán mar a n-instear
worriedly »

he knocked worriedly on the door chnag sé go himníoch ar an doras, bhuail sé cnag imníoch ar an doras

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