Knocking may refer to:
- The act of knocking on a door
- Knocking, Austria, a city, subdivision of Erlauf in Austria
- Knocking (documentary), a documentary about Jehovah's Witnesses
Knocking may also call to mind:
- Engine knocking, or the sound accompanying automotive combustion malfunction
- Port knocking, a covert method of opening a port on a server
Famous quotes containing the word knocking:
“Once we begin to appreciate that the apparent destructiveness of the toddler in taking apart a flower or knocking down sand castles is in fact a constructive effort to understand unity, we are able to revise our view of the situation, moving from reprimand and prohibition to the intelligent channeling of his efforts and the fostering of discovery.”
—Polly Berrien Berends (20th century)
“The man who does not betake himself at once and desperately to sawing is called a loafer, though he may be knocking at the doors of heaven all the while.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The knocking out of a pipe can be made almost as important as the smoking of it, especially if there are nervous people in the room. A good, smart knock of a pipe against a tin wastebasket and you will have a neurasthenic out of his chair and into the window sash in no time.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)