knock up

knock up
transitive verb
1) (make hastily) [her]zaubern [Mahlzeit, Imbiss]; grob skizzieren [Plan]
2) (score) erzielen
3) (Brit.): (awaken) durch Klopfen wecken; (unexpectedly) herausklopfen
4) (exhaust) fertig machen (ugs.)

be knocked up — fertig od. groggy sein (ugs.)

5) (sl.): (make pregnant) dick machen (derb)
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1) ((of opponents in a tennis match) to have a short practice before starting on the match (noun knock-up).) einspielen
2) ((slang) to make a woman pregnant.)
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◆ knock up
I. vt
1. (make quickly)
▪ to \knock up up ⇆ sth etw zusammenschustern fam
he \knock uped up an excellent meal in ten minutes in zehn Minuten zauberte er ein hervorragendes Essen auf den Tisch
2. BRIT, AUS (fam: awaken)
▪ to \knock up up ⇆ sb jdn aus dem Schlaf trommeln
3. esp AM (sl: impregnate)
▪ to \knock up up ⇆ a woman einer Frau ein Kind machen
to get \knock uped up sich schwängern [o BRD derb anbuffen] lassen
4. (in cricket)
to \knock up up runs relativ schnell Punkte machen
II. vi BRIT (in a racket game) ein paar Bälle schlagen; (before a match starts) sich akk einschlagen [o warm spielen]
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1. vi
1) (Brit SPORT) sich einspielen, ein paar Bälle schlagen
2) (US sl) bumsen (inf)
2. vt sep
1) (= hit upwards) hochschlagen
2) (Brit: wake) (auf)wecken
3) (= make hurriedly) meal auf die Beine stellen (inf); building hochziehen, hinstellen; shelter zusammenzimmern
4) (Brit sl) (= exhaust) kaputtmachen (inf), schaffen (inf); (experience, shock) schaffen (inf)
5) (inf: make pregnant) ein Kind anhängen (+dat) (inf), ein Kind machen (+dat) (inf); (US sl = have sex with) bumsen mit (inf)

she's knocked up (inf) — die hat 'nen dicken Bauch (sl)

6) (CRICKET)

to knock up 20 runs — 20 Läufe machen

7) (inf: do) mileage fahren; overtime machen
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knock up
A v/t
1. hochschlagen, in die Höhe schlagen
2. Br umg herausklopfen, (durch Klopfen) wecken
3. US umg
a) etwas kaputt machen
b) jemanden verletzen:
he was all knocked up er war bös zugerichtet
4. → academic.ru/41117/knock_together">knock together A 2
5. → knock out 5
6. Br umg Geld verdienen
7. sl ein Mädchen anbumsen, ein Kind machen (dat)
B v/i Tennis etc: sich einschlagen oder einspielen
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transitive verb
1) (make hastily) [her]zaubern [Mahlzeit, Imbiss]; grob skizzieren [Plan]
2) (score) erzielen
3) (Brit.): (awaken) durch Klopfen wecken; (unexpectedly) herausklopfen
4) (exhaust) fertig machen (ugs.)

be knocked up — fertig od. groggy sein (ugs.)

5) (sl.): (make pregnant) dick machen (derb)

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