knocked up

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knocked up

1. Lit. battered; beaten. Sally was a little knocked up by the accident. This book is a little knocked up, so I'll lower the price.

2. Sl. intoxicated. Bill was knocked up and didn't want to drive. Wow, was that guy knocked up!

3. Inf. pregnant; made pregnant. Sue got knocked up but won't say who the father is.

See also: knock, up

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Wopsle, being knocked up, was in such a very bad temper that if the Church had been thrown open, he would probably have excommunicated the whole expedition, beginning with Joe and myself. Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context and, the ring being repeated, went to the door, whence he presently returned, ushering in, by the name of Mr Bonney, a pale gentleman in a violent hurry, who, with his hair standing up in great disorder all over his head, and a very narrow white cravat tied loosely round his throat, looked as if he had been knocked up in the night and had not dressed himself since. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles View in context Then I knocked up old Macewen out of bed, and explained affairs to him as he sat and shivered in a dressing-gown. Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context			knock socks off knock some heads together knock some sense into knock some skin knock spots off knock the bejeebers out of knock the bottom out knock the bottom out of knock the daylights out of knock the habit knock the hell out of knock the props out from under knock the stuffing out of knock the wind out of sails knock them/'em dead knock through knock to knock together knock up knock wood knock yourself out knock-down, drag-out fight knock-down-drag-out knocked in knocked out knocked up knot knot together know know a thing or two know a trick or two know ABCs know about know all the angles know as know as much about as a hog knows about Sunday know at a glance that know backwards know backwards and forwards know backwards and forwards and know forwards and backwards know beans about know best know better know by know by heart know by name know by sight know different know from know from Adam know from memory			knocked over knocked people's heads together knocked people's heads together knocked people's heads together knocked people's heads together knocked sideways knocked sideways knocked sideways knocked socks off knocked socks off knocked socks off knocked spots off knocked spots off knocked spots off knocked the ball on knocked the ball on knocked the ball on knocked the bottom out knocked the bottom out knocked the bottom out Knocked the Flip Out knocked the socks off knocked the socks off knocked the socks off knocked the stuffing out knocked the stuffing out knocked the stuffing out knocked together knocked together knocked together knocked up knocked-down frame knocked-down hip knocked-out knocked-out knocked-out knocked-up shoe knocked-up toe knocker knocker Knocker-up knockers knockers knockers-up Knockfin Management Corporation Knockin Knockin' on heavens door Knockin, Shropshire knocking knocking knocking knocking knocking about knocking about knocking about knocking around knocking around knocking around Knocking back Knocking back Knocking back

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