knock up

En français : encloquer, engrosser

1. To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. (colloquial) · I'll just knock up a quick demo for the sales presentation.
2. To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more. (dated)
3. To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out. (dated, intransitive)
4. To impregnate, especially out of wedlock or accidentally. See knocked up. (US, slang) · I guess his summer plans are shot now that he knocked his girlfriend up.
5. To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up. (intransitive)
6. To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form. · to knock up printed sheets
7. To straighten up a stack of paper.