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— English words —

• knock␣on␣wood v. (Idiomatic, US) To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted…
• knock␣on␣wood interj. (Idiomatic, US) Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• knock␣on␣wood fr. Afkloppen.

— English word, defined in French —

• knock␣on␣wood v. Toucher du bois.

21 English words from 2 English definitions

action attracted bad bad␣luck believed customary directive Hopefully Idiomatic luck misfortune off self some take that that␣is the undertake ward ward␣off

2 English words from 2 foreign definitions

bois Toucher

2 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Afkloppen Toucher␣du␣bois

17 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

kno knock Knock knock-on knock␣on NOC nock Nock NWO ock -ock OOD woo Woo wood Wood woo'd

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

con Con CON -con con- conk doo DOO NOK OKC own

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

knocks␣on␣wood

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

knocks␣on␣wood

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