knock-knock
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knock-knock
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic.
interjection knock knock
- A verbal emulation of a knocking sound.
- A phrase used in lieu of knocking on a door.
- Used to introduce a knock-knock joke. Knock-knock. / Who's there? / Wendy. / Wendy who? / Wendy you want to open the door?
verb knock-knocks · knock-knocking · knock-knocked · knock knock
- To make such a sound, as by knocking on (something). Formally, the poll tax will die today, but it will carry on knock-knocking from the grave.
noun knock-knocks · knock knock
- Such a sound. For the Philharmonic and its subscribers, the essential thing was to get the acoustics right, which is a task of near impossible complexity. What kind of space can do justice, say, to the plunks and skittering knock-knocks in Lou Harrison’s Concerto in Slendro and also to the sustained, exalted moan
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Synonym of knock-knock joke.
In the spirit of Tom Swifties and knock-knocks, John W. Little 2d has invented a word game called the Bridge of Sys.
Similar: knock-knock joke
Translations
Talk about this word "knock-knock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/knock-knock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. knock-knock. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/knock-knock "knock-knock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/knock-knock.Cite this
@misc{knock_knock_2026,
title = {knock-knock},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knock-knock},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
