θυροκοπέω

A. knock at the door, break it open, esp. as a drunken feat, ἀπὸ γὰρ οἴνου γίγνεται καὶ θυροκοπῆσαι κτλ. Ar. V. 1254; θυροκοπῶν ὦφλεν δἰκην Antiph. 239, cf. Chor.inHermes 17.232.

2. metaph., knock as at a door, θ. τῇ χειρὶ τὴν πλευράν [τινος] Plu. 2.503a; ὁ λιμὸς τὴν γαστέρα θ. Alciphr. 3.70.