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knacker's yardThat area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.Rate it:
knacker's yardA place to send a person or object that is spent beyond all reasonable use.Rate it:
knackeredExhausted; very tiredRate it:
knee highVery small; to the height of one's knees.Rate it:
knee high to a grasshopperShort; especially relating to when the subject was a small child.Rate it:
knee slapperA joke, especially one which strikes the listener or reader as particularly humorous.Rate it:
knee-deep in the Big MuddyStuck in a predicament; mired in a difficult situation, especially one resulting from poor judgment or bad leadership.Rate it:
knee-high to a grasshoppershort; especially relating to when the subject was a small childRate it:
Knee-High to a GrasshopperToo short and youngRate it:
kneel beforeTo kneel in front of someone or something, especially in order to worship or supplicate.Rate it:
kneel downTo kneel, especially as an act of reverence or prayer.Rate it:
knick offAlternative form of nick offRate it:
knife-edgeA piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.Rate it:
knife-edgeA precarious balance that could be upset by a very small force in either direction.Rate it:
knife-edgeUsed other than as an idiom: the edge of a knife.Rate it:
knight in shining armorA person who will rescue a dangerous situation; a hero.Rate it:
knit one's browsTo scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement.Rate it:
knit one's eyebrowsAlternative form of knit one's brows..Rate it:
knit togetherTo create by knitting.Rate it:
knit togetherTo heal; to reform a single strong bone.Rate it:
knob-gobblerA homosexual maleRate it:
knock aboutAn informal game, usually football.Rate it:
knock AnthonySaid of an in-kneed person, or one whose knees knock together; to cuff Jonas.Rate it:
knock aroundTo spend time with someone as a friend.Rate it:
knock aroundTo do a relaxing activity.Rate it:
knock aroundTo be in an unknown place.Rate it:
knock aroundTo hit someone, or behave violently towards them.Rate it:
knock backTo drink an alcoholic beverage swiftly or often.Rate it:
knock downTo drink fast.Rate it:
knock downTo reduce the price of.Rate it:
knock downTo demolish.Rate it:
knock downTo hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.Rate it:
knock downSold with a blow from the gavel.Rate it:
knock for a loopTo astonish; to surprise very much.Rate it:
knock it offStop doing something; desist.Rate it:
knock it outTo complete the given task.Rate it:
knock offAn imitation, especially one of poorer quality.Rate it:
knock onTo commit a foul by knocking the ball forward.Rate it:
knock on woodA self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.Rate it:
knock on woodTo take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted my a presumptuous statement.Rate it:
knock on woodHave not had a misfortune yet.Rate it:
Knock on WoodThose having superstitious beliefs such as knocking on wood save them to have a bad luckRate it:
knock one down with a featherAlternative form of knock one over with a feather.Rate it:
knock one outTo masturbate.Rate it:
knock one over with a featherUsed to express that one is greatly surprised.Rate it:
knock oneself outto grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in its outcome.Rate it:
knock oneself outTo go ahead; to do as one pleasesRate it:
knock outTo exhaust a person or animal.Rate it:
knock outTo complete, especially in haste; knock off.Rate it:
knock outTo render someone unconscious, as by a blow to the head.Rate it:

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