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• Knocking — Knock Knock (n[o^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knocked} (n[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Knocking}.] [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka. Cf. {Knack}.] 1. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Knocking (film) — Knocking is a 2006 documentary film directed by Joel Engardio [Miller, Lisa, Newsweek, May 28, 2007, Belief Watch: Witness, http://www.newsweek.com/id/34541] and Tom Shepard that focuses on the civil liberties fought for by Jehovah s Witnesses.… …   Wikipedia

• Knocking on wood — Knocking on wood, and the spoken expression knock on wood or touch wood are used to express a desire to avoid tempting fate after making some boast or speaking of one s own death.The expression is usually used in the hope that a good thing will… …   Wikipedia

• Knocking — may refer to:*Knocking, Austria, a city in Austria * Knocking , a documentary about Jehovah s WitnessesKnocking may also call to mind:*Engine knocking, or the sound accompanying automotive combustion malfunction*Port knocking, a covert method of… …   Wikipedia

• Knocking Out Corruption in Boxing — ▪ 2001       Boxing was called the sporting world s “red light district” for a good reason it had been a haven for corruption since the bare knuckle days when bouts were fought in saloons, on barges, and in remote fields, far from the prying eye… …   Universalium

• To knock about — Knock Knock (n[o^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Knocked} (n[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Knocking}.] [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka. Cf. {Knack}.] 1. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Port knocking — In networking, port knocking is a method of externally opening ports on a firewall by generating a connection attempt on a set of prespecified closed ports. Once a correct sequence of connection attempts is received, the firewall rules are… …   Wikipedia

• Who's That Knocking at My Door — Infobox Film name = Who s That Knocking at My Door caption= film poster director = Martin Scorsese writer = Martin Scorsese starring = Harvey Keitel Zina Bethune Anne Collette producer = distributor = released = November 15, 1967 (Chicago)… …   Wikipedia

• On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth — is an essay in Shakespearean criticism by the English author Thomas De Quincey, first published in the October 1823 edition of The London Magazine. Though brief, less than 2000 words in length,[1][2] it has been called De Quincey s finest single… …   Wikipedia

• knock about — phrasal verb knock around or knock about Word forms knock around : present tense I/you/we/they knock around he/she/it knocks around present participle knocking around past tense knocked around past participle knocked around informal 1) British… …   English dictionary

• Enter Without So Much as Knocking — is a poem written by Bruce Dawe. It can be found in the compilation, Sometimes Gladness: Collected Poems 1954 1992 .AnalysisTelevisionThe poem was written in 1959 and displays an Australia during the advent of television. The post war period of… …   Wikipedia