--- title: "How to pronounce \"knocks down\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"knocks down\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/fToSQawLxjE/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/knocks-down" --- # How to pronounce "knocks down" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/knɒkksdɒwn/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **knoc·ksdown** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "knocks down" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "hard one, improvising, Nicki, Nicki, you know that Nicki is more phenomenal, I have really hard lyrics, you know how this knocks down the hard bread, you already know, here it collapses Z, this pair of cowards, got together once, they got together and started" - **Watch at 25:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fToSQawLxjE&t=1541s) ### Example 2 > "She knocks down a glass of water and says "I'm pregnant." - **Watch at 41:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcKMv-va_HQ&t=2479s) ### Example 3 > "something which was part of their actions as a public official. So talk just give you an extreme ludicrous example. If you had a civil servant who deliberately knocks down his or her neighbor's wall that wouldn't be misconduct in the public office. That's criminal damage. It's nothing to do with the fact they were a civil servant. Yeah. But if that civil servant took information about their neighbor and then went away into like, you know," - **Watch at 26:38**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NX6rT_pO5E&t=1598s) ### Example 4 > "hardcore hardcore we're going to get better every day we're going to be tenacious something Knocks down we're going to get back up and we're going to keep coming and coming and coming and coming and coming did you watch these guys that was hardcore hardcore" - **Watch at 0:26**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mriKM_39cfE&t=26s) ### Example 5 *Accent: US* > "It knocks down insects by spitting out a powerful jet of water, and then its gobbles its prey up." - **Watch at 0:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aihL8NAwb70&t=19s) ### Example 6 > "who commissioned the research the left party serbian darulin had this to say on twitter anyone who like the thai king along with a military junta brutally knocks down the democracy movement shouldn't be rewarded with a visa for a luxurious long time stay in germany by the federal government it appears germany has just one option to take action against the king" - **Watch at 2:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO2mQ-HqO4I&t=143s) ### Example 7 > ""It sounded like gunshots, or small explosions. When the wind knocks down an entire tree, it makes an awful lot of noise. It's like the sound of a million branches breaking."" - **Watch at 0:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpkYB-y2pNs&t=58s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "The second falling knocks down the third." - **Watch at 20:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm0io4R0tOM&t=1200s) ### Example 9 *Accent: US* > "The third falling knocks down the fourth." - **Watch at 20:02**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm0io4R0tOM&t=1202s) ### Example 10 *Accent: US* > "The fourth falling down knocks down the fifth, et cetera." - **Watch at 20:04**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm0io4R0tOM&t=1204s) ## How to Pronounce "knocks down" - **Syllables**: knoc · ksdown - **IPA**: `/knɒkksdɒwn/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [knocks](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/knocks), [down](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/down) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “knocks down”? “knocks down” is pronounced /knɒkksdɒwn/ (knoc · ksdown). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “knocks down”? “knocks down” has 2 syllables: knoc · ksdown. ### How can I hear “knocks down” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “knocks down” with synchronized subtitles. 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