Events
Synonyms for knock
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
a vigorous blow
The sudden knock floored him.
The true synonym
bang
Same sentence, swapped: The sudden bang floored him.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for knock as it is used in the sentence above.
- roast
- whang
- shock
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Closest first: other events words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
progressnounadvancea movement forwardFoothills2 sensesHas a reason linescreamnounscreechinga high-pitched noise resembling a human cryFoothillsHas a reason lineshocknounblowan unpleasant or disappointing surpriseFoothills2 sensesHas a reason lineslipnountripan accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fallFoothillsrisenounhikean increase in costTreeline2 sensesHas a reason linerumblingadjective, noungrumblingcontinuous full and low-pitched throbbing soundRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason linescrapenounscratcha harsh noise made by scrapingTreelineHas a reason lineattitudenounpositionthe arrangement of the body and its limbsFoothillsHas a reason line
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