knock on meaning: definition, quotations

knock-on

nounalso spelled knock-on

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Rugby, Sports A foul in which a player knocks the ball forward, often unintentionally.

It took until the 33rd minute for England to get on the scoreboard, Wilkinson finally finding his range from out left, but a knock-on from James Haskell from the re-start put his team straight back under pressure.2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:

UK Resulting as an indirect effect.

verb

Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Rugby, Sports Ambitransitive To commit a foul by knocking the ball forward.

It then took a desperate piece of defending from Ben Foden to deny Scotland a try in the left-hand corner, the full-back reaching out an arm to knock the ball from Simon Danielli's grasp, Nick de Luca knocking on with the line at his mercy.2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:

Slang To have an affair; to commit adultery.

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