The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) does indeed trace the earliest published instance of the phrase used in that sense back to 1813, but the specific reference given for that date doesn't mention. What's the origin of the phrase 'Knocked up'? The 'impregnate' meaning of 'knock up' was coined in the USA in the late 19th century. There is of course another meaning to 'knock up', which is 'awaken someone by knocking'. This second meaning isn't widely used in America, although it is still commonplace in Britain.
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In American English, "Knocked up" means "pregnant." I just found out via an article regarding jobs that no longer exist that in British English, they use use the phrase "Knocked up in a completely differnt way. This due to the job of knocker-uppers being the tapping or knocking on windows to awaken people in the days before alarm clocks. Often used elliptically for go up, come up, rise up, etc. Up the river "in jail" first recorded 1891, originally in reference to Sing Sing, which is up the Hudson from New York City. To drive someone up the wall (1951) is from the notion of the behavior of lunatics or caged animals. Insulting retort up yours (scil. ass) is attested by late 19c. A California lawyer called Johnathan Perk declares in a tweet: 'The phrase "knocked up", referring to pregnancy, originated with US slavery. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the expression. A: According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, the phrase "knocked up," meaning pregnant, first appeared in print in 1830! An 1860 slang dictionary defined the term this way: "Knocked up In the United States, amongst females, the phrase is equivalent to being enceinte .". The Oxford English Dictionary.
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What's the origin of the phrase "knocked-up"?A: According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, the phrase "knocked up," meaning pregnant, first appeared in print. If you were so wakened, you were 'knocked up'. : Eric Partridge's big reference book A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English labels "knocked up," with the meaning of pregnant, as "low" and says it comes from the following sense of "knock": " (Of a man) to have sexual intercourse (with): low colloquial: late C. 16-20." Adjective [ edit] knocked up (not comparable) ( slang, principally American, sometimes offensive) Pregnant, typically outside of marriage . Synonyms: see Thesaurus: pregnant. 2000, Gina Wendkos, Coyote Ugly (motion picture), spoken by Wendy (Ellen Cleghorne): My name is Wendy and I first moved to New York when I was 21 to be a dancer, but I. knock up (third-person singular simple present knocks up, present participle knocking up, simple past and past participle knocked up) ( colloquial) To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. See also knock together. [from 16th c.] I'll just knock up a quick demo for the sales presentation.
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verb knocked up; knocking up; knocks up transitive verb 1 sometimes vulgar : to make pregnant 2 British : rouse, summon Synonyms Verb arouse awake awaken rouse wake waken See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus Examples of knock-up in a Sentence Verb I asked the clerk at the hotel to knock me up at 7:00 a.m. Word History First Known Use Noun If you knock someone up, you knock on the door of their bedroom or of their house in the night or in the morning in order to wake them up. [British, informal] He went to knock Rob up at 4.30am. [VERB noun PARTICLE] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 3. phrasal verb [usually passive]
Definition of knock-up_1 phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.. She knocked up a meal in ten minutes. See knock up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Other results to wake someone up by knocking on the door of their house or bedroom: I'm sorry to have to knock you up in the middle of the night. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases (MAKE PREGNANT) slang to make a woman pregnant:
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Knocked Up Knocked Up is a 2007 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Judd Apatow, and starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann. It follows the repercussions of a drunken one-night stand between a slacker and a recently promoted media personality that results in an unintended pregnancy . To awaken or call for someone by knocking at their door. A noun or pronoun can be used between "knock" and "up." Primarily heard in UK. I can knock you up when my alarm goes off. See also: knock, up knocked up 1. rude slang Pregnant. I really hope she isn't knocked up—I'm not ready to be a dad! 2. Damaged or harmed.
