See Also: Ojibwa(dictionary)
Ojibwa(encyclopedia)
Knock for knock agreement(finance)
knock-up(dictionary)
knock(medicine)
knock(1)(dictionary)
knock(2)(dictionary)
knock-down(dictionary)
knock-on(dictionary)
knock(dictionary)

knock-on (iou) and Ojibwa (iou)


knock-on (iou)



knock-on noun & adjective. M19.
[from KNOCK verb + ON adverb.]
A. noun. Rugby Football. An act of knocking on. M19.
b. adjective.
Physics. Ejected or produced as a result of the collision of an atomic or subatomic particle with an atom. M20.
Of a mechanical part of a vehicle etc.: that may be attached or fastened by knocking or striking. M20.
Comb.: knock-on effect a secondary, indirect, or cumulative effect.

Ojibwa (iou)



Ojibwa noun & adjective. Also Ojibway & Other vars. E18.
[Ojibwa ojibwe, said to mean 'puckered', with ref. to a type of puckered moccasin worn by this people. Cf. CHIPPEWA.]
A. noun. Pl. same, -s.
A member of an Algonquian people of central Canada, esp. the area around Lake Superior. E18.
The language of this people. M19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to the Ojibwa or their language. M19.
? Chippewa is the more usual name in the US, and Ojibwa(y) in Canada.