Knock and Want

Knock

Knock verb - To come into usually forceful contact with something.

Want and knock are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a verb "Knock".

Want

Want verb - To have an earnest wish to own or enjoy.

Knock and want are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Knock" instead a verb "Want".

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

How words are described

best best knock best want
actual actual knock actual want
big big knock big want
little little knock little want
Other adjectives: bad, secret.

Common collocations

character knock character want character
man knock man want man
people knock people want people
body knock body want body
Other words: someone, number, time, characters, head, anyone, times, heroes.

Both words in one sentence

  • In Perfect Dark, even your fists have a secondary fire — if you don't want to knock the enemy out with "Punch", you can instead steal their weapons with "Disarm".
  • The Pornomancer Do you want to learn how to make her like you, or how to make her want to knock you over and fuck you into a mattress?
  • Kurumu: Well, all right, I was just going to knock you out, but if you want to be crippled, I can do that instead.
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