knockup
Pre-match hitting session
A knockup is a warm-up session before a tennis or squash match, where players hit the ball back and forth without keeping score.
In British informal usage, a knockup can also mean a quick improvised construction: We built a knockup shelter from scrap wood.
The verb knock up has several meanings: to wake someone by knocking, to assemble hastily, or—in American slang—to make pregnant: He knocked her up in high school.
Pre-activity preparation
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- rallyGathering for a cause
- volleySimultaneous firing burst
- serveAttend to needs
drill · pregame · loosener · pingpong · squash · badminton · tennis · racquetball
Formation of an idea
- impregnateCause conception or saturation
- expectingAwaiting a predicted outcome
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
- fetusGestating offspring
trimester · ultrasound · maternity · embryo · antenatal · obstetrics · midwife · prenatal
wake
Path left in water
call · morning · early · sunrise · summon · get up · stir · disturb · awakening
warmup
Pre-activity preparation
serve · drill · pregame · loosener · pingpong · squash · badminton · tennis · racquetball · paddle
conception
Formation of an idea
- impregnateCause conception or saturation
- expectingAwaiting a predicted outcome
- gestationCarrying offspring in womb
fetus · trimester · ultrasound · maternity · embryo · antenatal · obstetrics · midwife · prenatal · due date
knockupmatch
Game between opponents
the real thing · tournament play · competitive play · championship match · set
knockupabortion
Ending a pregnancy
contraception · miscarriage · infertility · birth control · sterilization
- knocked outRendered unconscious by impact
- knock outStrike into unconsciousness
- knock it offCommand to stop
- knock knockDoor-rapping announcement
- knock offUnauthorized replica product
- knock overCause to fall