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Definition: Knock Back |
Knock BackVerb1. Cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Knock BackSynonyms: put back (v), set back (v). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "knock back"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | zurückschlagen (beat back, beat off, beatback, fight back, flare back, fold back, hit back, kick, knock away, leaf back, pull back, repel, repulse, retaliate, return, roll back, strike back, swing back, to repulse, to strike back, turn down). (various references) | |
Greek | πίνω (bib, drink). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ockknay ackbay.(various references) | |
Romanian | da pe gât (drink down), da de duşcã. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | popiti na iskap (drink smth. down, drink up, toss off). (various references) | |
Spanish | pasmar (amaze, astonish, astound, blight, dumbfound, faint, flabbergast, freeze, horrify, knock out, stun, stupefy, tarnish), envasar (bottle, can, pack, package, packet, pour), costar (charge, cost, set back), beberse (drain, put back, sink), asombrar (amaze, appal, appall, astonish, astound, flabbergast, flummox, stagger, surprise). (various references) | |
Swedish | svepa (down, lap, lay out, shroud, sweep, swill, wrap), hälla i sig. (various references) | |
Turkish | patlamak (blow, blow out, blow up, break, burst, crack, detonate, erupt, explode, fulminate, go off, go pop, go up, let fly, plonk, plunk, pop, puncture, set back, snap, spring), mal olmak (be, cost, set back), içmek (belt down, drink, drinking, eat, have a drink, imbibe, indulge, propose, pull, slosh, slosh down, swig), devirmek (capsize, chop down, crumple, cut down, defeat, down, give smth. a tip, knock, knock down, knock over, overset, overthrow, overturn, quaff off, revolutionize, shift, strike down, subvert, take down, tilt, tip, topple, topple over, upset), şaşırtmak (addle, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bamboozle, bedevil, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dislocate, disorient, disorientate, distract, embarrass, embrangle, flabbergast, floor, flummox, fuddle, give smb. a tumble, gravel, intrigue, jolt, mislead, moither, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, perplex, put smb. out of countenance, puzzle, rattle, shock, startle, stick, stun, stupefy, surprise, take aback, wow). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | пиячити (be on the booze, boose, bouse, bum, carouse, fuddle, guzzle, make whoopee, tipple, tope). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-c-k-k-k-n-o" | |
-4 letters: acock, bacon, banco, knack, knock. | |
-5 letters: back, bank, bock, bonk, coca, conk, kaon, knob, koan, konk, nock. | |
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