knock away

knock away (at something)

to continue to knock at something. The loose shutter kept knocking away at the side of the house. It knocked away all night, keeping me awake.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
CaolÁN	-	Irish
Bernike	-	Biblical Greek
Kees	KAY:S	Dutch
Zayna	-	Arabic
Torsten	TOSH-ten (Swedish), TAWR-sten (German)	Swedish, Danish, German
Lilita	-	Latvian