knock-up

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knock-up

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Deverbal from knock up.

noun knock-ups · knockup

A short practice session before a tennis match. In the way of friendly knockups I played at times with both the Renshaws and Lawford, but at that time there is no doubt that they were better than I was.
Something constructed shoddily or hastily. One of those unadorned late-fifties hillside knockups posing as intentionally contemporary but really the product of a tight construction budget.
slang A pregnancy. When will we wake up? I see young girls pregnant and young boys adding up their “knock-ups” like a scorecard at a mob gambling venue.

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noun short practise session

Italiano	palleggio
Русский	разминка razminka

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@misc{knock_up_2026,
  title = {knock-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/knock-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}