DOORKNOCK

Etymology

Noun

doorknock (plural doorknocks)

(Australia, NZ) A campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors, such as for a charity appeal.

Verb

doorknock (third-person singular simple present doorknocks, present participle doorknocking, simple past and past participle doorknocked)

(chiefly, Australia, NZ) To participate in a campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors; to knock on the door (of a house) during such a campaign.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

30 November 2024

HYPOTHETICAL

(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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