The Knocks

Derogatory term for the suburbs.

"I know you're not talking shit coming from the knocks."

by Knocksville October 15, 2022

Up The Knocks

New York slang for pulling out a gun.

Bro was talking crazy, I had to up the knocks on him.

by spinvvs February 19, 2023

the one who knocks

In the criminal underworld when a man becomes so powerful he is able to show up at another man's home and kill him without repercussions, there are two people involved in this scenario. The one who opens the door and gets shot, and the one who knocks.

I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!

-Walter White

by WelcomeTo March 16, 2014

i am the one who knocks

Completely badass line said by Walter White in Breaking Bad, announcing his power over others.

"A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No...I am the one who knocks."

by Stegosaurus24 October 29, 2013

The one who knocks

Walter White in the popular show Baking Bread

"I am not in danger, Skyler. I am the danger. A guy opens his door and gets shot, you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!"

by Evish7898678 October 19, 2022

knocks from the underground

The building momentum or movement of independent or "underground" bands of a particular sound or style who are on the cusp of making it to "the next level"

LA's knocks from the underground are showing a promising future for psychedelic music.

by WillyRut April 21, 2008

The school of hard knocks

Idiom

To learn something the hard way (by experience)

Idiom

The problem with you is that you've been spoiled your whole life. You haven't had gone through the school of hard knocks to teach you what the world is really like!

I didn't go to college, but I went to the school of hard knocks. I learned everything by experience.

Synonym: The university of life

by Zami Karzai September 14, 2018