What does the phrase knocked up mean?

pregnant
transitive verb. 1 sometimes vulgar : to make enceinte. 2 British : rouse, summon.

What does she’s knocked up mean?

If a woman is knocked up by a man, she is made enceinte by him.

Why is it called Knocked Up?

knock up (v.)

1660s, “arouse by knocking at the door,” from knock (v.) + up (adv.). However it is little used in this sense in American English, where the phrase means “get a woman enceinte” (1813), possibly ultimately from knock in a sense “to copulate with” (1590s; compare slang knocking-shop “brothel,” 1860).

Does knocked up mean drunk?

slang Drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were really knocked up!

How do you say someone is enceinte?

What do you call a enceinte belly?

the rounded abdominal area of a enceinte woman: She’s delighted to be enceinte, and loves showing off her baby bump.

What do you mean by impregnated?

1a : to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated impregnate wood with varnish. b : to permeate thoroughly. 2 : to make enceinte : fertilize. impregnate.