The difference between Knock up and Roust

When used as verbs, knock up means to put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. see also , whereas roust means to rout out of bed.

Roust is also noun with the meaning: a strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.

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Knock up as a verb (colloquial):

To put together, fabricate, or assemble, particularly if done hastily or temporarily. See also .

Examples:

"I'll just knock up a quick demo for the sales presentation."
Knock up as a verb (British):

To awaken (someone) as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also .
Knock up as a verb (dated):

To exhaust; wear out; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.
Knock up as a verb (dated, intransitive):

To become exhausted or worn out; to fail of strength; to become wearied, as with labor; to give out.
Knock up as a verb (slang):

To impregnate, especially out of wedlock. See knocked up.

Examples:

"I guess his summer plans are shot now that he knocked his girlfriend up."
Knock up as a verb (racket sports, intransitive):

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.
Knock up as a verb (bookbinding):

To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form.

Examples:

"to knock up printed sheets"

Roust as a verb (transitive):

to rout out of bed; to rouse
Roust as a verb:

To harass, to treat in a rough way.
Roust as a verb (transitive, slang):

to arrest
Roust as a verb (transitive):

to drive strongly

Roust as a noun:

A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.

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