1. to beat down, pound, stamp Ja.i.264.
2. to beat, knock, thrash Vin.ii.217; Ja.ii.274; Pv-a.55 (aññamaññaṃ); Sdhp.159.
3. Esp. with ref. to knocking at the door, in phrases aggaḷaṃ ākoṭeti to beat on the bolt DN.i.89; AN.iv.359; AN.v.65; DN-a.i.252 (cp. aggaḷa) dvāraṃ ā. Ja.v.217; Dhp-a.ii.145; or simply ākoṭeti Vv.81#17 (ākoṭayitvāna = appoṭetvā Vv-a.316).
4. (intrs. to knock against anything Ja.i.239

pp ākoṭita (q.v.) Caus. ii. ākoṭapeti Ja.iii.361.

a + koṭṭeti, Sk. kuṭṭayati; BSk. ākoṭayati e.g. Divy.117 dvāraṃ trir ā˚, Cowell “break” (?); Avs. Index p 222 s. v.