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What (who) is knock-up - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Knock Kock; Knock Knock (single); Knock, Knock (Movie); Knock knock; Knock, knock; Knock-knock; Knock Knock (disambiguation); Knock, Knock; Knock, Knock (film); Knock Knock (film); Knock Knock (song); Knock Knock (album); Knock, Knock (song)

knock-up      
¦ noun Brit. (in racket sports) a period of practice play before a game.
Knock-knock joke         
COMMON FORM OF CALL-AND-RESPONSE JOKE
Knock knock joke; Knock-knock jokes; Knock knock jokes
The knock-knock joke is a type of audience-participatory joke cycle, typically ending with a pun. Knock-knock jokes are primarily seen as children's jokes, though there are exceptions.
Knock, Knock, Ginger         
CHILDREN'S GAME
Ding dong ditch; Nigger knocking; Knock door run; Knock a door run; Ding Dong Ditch; Ding dong dash; Nicky Nicky Nine Doors; Ding-Dong Ditch; Doorbell ditch; Knock down ginger; Knock knock ginger; Ding-dong doorbell ditch; Ding dong doorbell ditch; Knick-knocking; Knicky Knicky Nine Doors; Knock, knock, Ginger; Knock and run; Knock 'n' run; Knock, Knock Ginger; Ding, Dong, Ditch; Knock Down Ginger; Cherry-knocking; Knock knock run; Ring and run
Knock, knock, ginger (also known as ding, dong, ditch in the United States) is a prank or game dating back to 19th-century England, or possibly the earlier Cornish traditional holiday of Nickanan Night. The game is played by children in many cultures.

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Knock Knock

Knock Knock may refer to:

  • Knock-knock joke, a type of joke
Examples of use of knock-up
1. "They look like something my dad would knock up in the garage," said Martine.
2. He took the chance for a tennis knock–up with 13–year–old Charlie Price, one of the Prime Minister‘s less famous tennis partners.
3. More a way of life than a café, the sisters – Brigid, Molly and Hippie – knock up some knockout sandwiches from an original settler‘s dwelling.
4. Instead, she takes him to task for his suggestion that folk should knock up a quick yuletide snack of caramelised swede and cardamom soup with lemon–and five–spices–infused goose, followed by something called Baileys baked Alaska.
5. My dream usually involves hot–and–cold running waiters, iced beach towels and the kind of room service that knows how to knock up a decent bloody mary in the time it takes to blow dry my hair.