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Verb: knock up
Usage: informal
  1. Make pregnant
    "He knocked up his wife again";
    - impregnate, bang up [informal]
     
  2. [Brit, informal] Make quickly
    "Can you knock up a quick sandwich for lunch?"
Noun: knock-up  'nók'úp
Usage: Brit
  1. Period of practice before play, e.g. in tennis
    "The players had a brief knock-up before the match began"

Derived forms: knock-ups, knocked up, knocks up, knocking up

Type of: fecundate, fertilise [Brit], fertilize, inseminate