knock-up

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(BrE) a short practice before a game, especially of tennis

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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knock-upEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus knock-upEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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knitwear knives knob knobbly knock knockabout knock-back knock-down knocker knock-kneed knock-on

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