knock-up

plural knock-ups · alternative knockup

1. hobbiesA short practice session before a tennis match.

   In the way of friendly knockups I played at times with both the Renshaws and Lawford, but at that time there is no doubt that they were better than I was.

   1932, American Lawn Tennis, volume 26, page 72

2. Something constructed shoddily or hastily.

   One of those unadorned late-fifties hillside knockups posing as intentionally contemporary but really the product of a tight construction budget.

   2000, Jonathan Kellerman, Monster, page 47

3. slangA pregnancy.

   When will we wake up? I see young girls pregnant and young boys adding up their “knock-ups” like a scorecard at a mob gambling venue.

   2016, Veronica Valles, Back To The Center, page 54