| Example in Finnish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Kalikka. Tuon pitää kalauttaa se minun olaltani. | Looking for a chip for him to knock off my shoulder. |
| Haaste on kalauttaa tämä kepakko minun olalta. | I dare you to knock that piece of firewood off my shoulder. |
| 0kei, kalauta kalloon ja tainnuta se. | You clock him on his headpiece and knock his ass out cold. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | خبط,دق, طرق, قرع, نوك | Catalan | trucar |
| Dutch | aftikken, kloppen | English | knock |
| Estonian | toksima | Faroese | banka |
| French | dégommer, frapper, toquer, tôquer, torcher, trabelsier, trabouler | German | anklopfen, ausknocken, klopfen |
| Hebrew | דפק | Hungarian | bever |
| Icelandic | knýja | Indonesian | mengetuk |
| Italian | bussare, ribussare, urticchiare | Japanese | ノック |
| Latvian | dauzīt, klauvēt, pieklauvēt | Lithuanian | belsti, belstis, pabelsti, pasibelsti |
| Macedonian | бапне, лупа, тропа, тропне, чука, чукне | Polish | dobijać, nokautować, pukać, zapukać |
| Portuguese | estropear | Romanian | ciocăni, fărâma, izbi |
| Russian | колотить, постучать, постучаться, стукать, стукаться, стукнуть, стукнуться, стучать, стучаться | Swedish | banka, knacka, knaka, knalla, knappa, knapra, knarka, knarra, knastra, knata |
| Thai | เขก, เคาะ | Vietnamese | gõ |