knock together

verb

To assemble something quickly.

“I'll just knock together a quick demo.”

Similar
knock uprun upslap together
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Meanings

verbknock together (third-person singular simple present knocks together, present participle knocking together, simple past and past participle knocked together)

present singular third person knocks together · participle present knocking together · participle past knocked together · past knocked together

  1. idiomaticTo assemble something quickly.

    I'll just knock together a quick demo.

    Synonyms: knock up, run up, slap together

  2. alsofigurativelyTo come together, as if in contact.

    This has all the hallmarks of a disagreement that needs some heads knocking together. It's not in passenger interests for company and union to be arguing like this.

    2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo assemble something quickly.

Similar
knock uprun upslap together
Also see
bodgebotchkludgeknock uprun upslap togetherthrow togetherthrow up

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 拼湊 /拼凑
  • 拼湊 /拼凑 (pīncòu)assemble quickly
Finnish tekaista, sutaista
  • tekaistaassemble quickly
  • sutaistaassemble quickly
Polish klecić, sklecić
  • klecićassemble quickly
  • sklecićassemble quickly
Cite this entry
APA

knock together. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knock%20together

MLA

“knock together.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knock%20together. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knock together,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knock%20together.

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