Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knock someone down with a feather

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English

Syllables: knock- -some-one -down with- a feath-er
IPA

56

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

7

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of knock someone over with a feather.

Informal

Example Sentences

"She hardly, she said, believed her own senses. You might have knocked her down with a feather. She did not know whether she stood on her head or her heels."
"“No doubt the fellow was very useful to her. But you could have knocked us all down with a feather when, three months ago, she suddenly announced that she and Alfred were engaged! The fellow must be at least twenty years younger than she is! It’s simply bare-faced fortune hunting; but there you are—she is her own mistress, and she’s married him.”"

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

knocks someone down with a feather (present, singular) knocking someone down with a feather (participle, present) knocked someone down with a feather (participle, past) knocked someone down with a feather (past)

Questions

What does knock someone down with a feather mean?: Alternative form of knock someone over with a feather.

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