knock-up
1 of 2noun
ˈnäk-ˌəp 
British
: a warm-up or practice session before a game in a racket sport (such as tennis)
knock up
2 of 2verb
knocked up; knocking up; knocks up
transitive verb
1
sometimes vulgar : to make pregnant
2
British : rouse, summon
Synonyms
Verb
- arouse
- awake
- awaken
- rouse
- wake
- waken
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Example Sentences
Verb I asked the clerk at the hotel to knock me up at 7:00 a.m.
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1884, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1592, in the meaning defined at sense 2
knocking up
verb
as in waking
to cause to stop sleeping I asked the clerk at the hotel to knock me up at 7:00 a.m. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- waking
- awakening
- awaking
- rousing
- arousing
- wakening
- rewaking
- routing
- raising
- stirring
- reviving
- reawakening
- stimulating
- disturbing
- exciting
- provoking
- rousting
- agitating
- bestirring
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- mesmerizing
- lulling
- hypnotizing
- illiberalises
- illiberalising
- illiberalism
- illiberalisms
- illiberalities
- illiberality
- illiberalize
- illiberalized
- illiberalizes
- illiberalizing
- illiberally
- illiberalness
- illiberalnesses
- illicia
- illicit
- illicit process
- illicitly
- illicitness
- illicitnesses
- illiciums
- illighten
- Illimani
- illimanies
- illimanis
- illimitabilities