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
knocks up
verb
as in wakes
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
- wakes
- awakens
- awakes
- rouses
- wakens
- arouses
- rewakes
- raises
- rousts
- stirs
- revives
- routs
- stimulates
- provokes
- reawakens
- disturbs
- excites
- bestirs
- agitates
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- lulls
- hypnotizes
- mesmerizes
- circumcenters
- circumcentre
- circumcentres
- circumcircle
- circumcircles
- circumcise
- circumcised
- circumciser
- circumcisers
- circumcises
- circumcising
- circumcision
- circumcisions
- circumcrescence
- circumcrescent
- circumdenudation
- circumduce
- circumducted
- circumductia
- circumducting
- circumductions
- circumducts
- circumerosion
- circumesophageal ring
- circumeter