knock someone uptv. to make a woman
pregnant. (See also knocked up. Crude.)
They say it was Sam who knocked her
up. THe did not knock up Tracy. I did.
knock something down 1. tv. to drink a
portion of liquor. Here, knock this
down and let’s go. THe knocked down a
bottle of beer and called for another. 2. tv.
to earn a certain amount of money.TI’m
lucky to knock down twenty thousand. T
She must knock down about twenty thou
a year.
knock something into a cocked hattv.
to demolish a plan, a story, etc. I
knocked his plans into a cocked hat.
You’ve knocked everything into a cocked
hat.
knock something off 1. tv. to manufac-
ture or make something, especially in
haste. (See also knock something to-
gether.) I’ll see if I can knock another
one off before lunch. TThey knocked off
four window frames in an hour. 3. tv. to
lower the price of something; to knock
off some dollars or cents from the price
of something. The store manager
knocked 30 percent off the price of the coat.
Can’t you knock something off on this
damaged item?
knock something out and knock some-
thing offtv. to write something quickly.
Would you please knock a speech out for
the senator? TI’ll knock out a letter ex-
plaining the whole thing.
knock something together and throw
something togethertv. to assemble
something—such as a meal—at the last
moment. I’ll see if I can throw some-
thing together.TI knocked together a veg-
etable dish at the last minute.
knock the habittv. to stop using drugs;
to break a drug addiction. (Drugs. See
also kick the habit.) I just can’t knock
the habit. He tried to knock the habit by
drinking lots of booze.
knock the shit out of someoneGo to
beat the shit out of someone.
knotheadn. a stupid person. Don’t be
such a knothead! You’re no knothead.
You’re just great!
know all the anglestv. to know all the
tricks and artifices of dealing with some-
one or something. Ask my mouthpiece
about taxes. He knows all the angles.
Rocko knows all the angles. That’s how he
keeps out of the slammer.
know from somethingin. to know about
something. (See also not know from
nothing.) Do you know from timers, I
mean how timers work? I don’t know
from babies! Don’t ask me about feeding
them!know-hown. the knowledge of how to do
something. I don’t have the know-how
to do this job. You’ll get the know-how
on the job.
know-it-alln. someone who gives the im-
pression of knowing everything. Pete
is such a know-it-all! That know-it-all
isn’t of much use to our committee.knowledge-boxn. the head. Now, I
want to get this into your knowledge-box
once and for all. My knowledge-box is
just spinning with all this information.
know one’s ass from a hole in the
groundtv. to be knowledgeable; to be
alert and effective. (Usually objection-
able.) That stupid son of a bitch doesn’t
know his ass from a hole in the ground.
She is so dumb, she doesn’t know her ass
from a hole in the ground.know shit from Shinola and tell shit
from Shinola[...SaI”nol@] tv. to know
what’s what; to be intelligent and aware.
(Always in the negative. Shinola is a
brand of shoe polish. A person who
doesn’t know shit from Shinola is very
stupid. See also No Shinola!) Poor Tom
doesn’t know shit from Shinola. Fred
can’t tell shit from Shinola, and he’s been
made my boss.
know the scoretv. to know the way things
work in the hard, cruel world. Don’t
try to con me. I know the score. She
knows the score. She wasn’t born yesterday.know what’s whattv. to be aware of what
is going on in the world. Heidi knows
what’s what. She can help. We d o n’t
know what’s what around here yet.knock someone up