knocks (noun)

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• hard knocks — noun a state of misfortune or affliction debt ridden farmers struggling with adversity a life of hardship • Syn: ↑adversity, ↑hardship • Derivationally related forms: ↑adverse (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• hard knocks — noun plural Date: 1849 rough unsparing treatment (as in use or in life) often used in the phrase school of hard knocks …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• school of hard knocks — noun The source of an education consisting of real world experiences, especially adverse experiences. Trained, however, in the school of hard knocks, he now had learned the theory of success, and from that time on has had it. Syn: university of… …   Wiktionary

• school of hard knocks, the — school of ,hard knocks, the noun the difficult experiences that happen in someone s life and that influence the type of person they become: kids who learn to survive in the school of hard knocks …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• (the) school of hard knocks — the school of hard knocks UK US noun the difficult experiences that happen in someone’s life and that influence the type of person they become kids who learn to survive in the school of hard knocks Thesaurus: difficult situations and… …   Useful english dictionary

• the school of hard knocks — UK / US noun the difficult experiences that happen in someone s life and that influence the type of person they become kids who learn to survive in the school of hard knocks …   English dictionary

• rat-a-tat-tat — noun a series of short sharp taps (as made by strokes on a drum or knocks on a door) • Syn: ↑rat a tat, ↑rat tat • Hypernyms: ↑tapping * * * noun see rat a tat * * * rat a tat tat «RAT uh tat TAT», noun …   Useful english dictionary

• ten-strike — noun a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame • Syn: ↑strike • Hypernyms: ↑score * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a strike in tenpins …   Useful english dictionary

• low-water mark — noun 1. an extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑nadir • Hypernyms: ↑adversity, ↑hardship, ↑hard knocks 2. a line marking the lowest level reached …   Useful english dictionary

• spirit rapper — noun someone who claims to receive messages from the dead in the form of raps on a table • Hypernyms: ↑psychic * * * spirit rapper noun Someone who claims to receive messages from disembodied spirits by raps or knocks • • • Main Entry: ↑spirit …   Useful english dictionary

• knocker — noun Date: 14th century 1. one that knocks: as a. a metal ring, bar, or hammer hinged to a door for use in knocking b. a persistently pessimistic critic 2. often vulgar breast usually used in plural …   New Collegiate Dictionary