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knock-up

noun

Etymology

Deverbal from knock up.

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA