Knocker - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈnɑːkər|
Brit.
|ˈnɒkə|
noun
- (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
- a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman (syn: boob, bosom, breast, tit)
- a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door (syn: rapper)
- a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
open the door and see who the knocker is
- one who disparages or belittles the worth of something (syn: detractor)- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman (syn: boob, bosom, breast, tit)
- a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door (syn: rapper)
Extra examples
...the secretary of defense needs supporters, not knockers, to get through this crisis...
Today the "knockers" seem to delight in slamming anything British.
Word forms
noun
singular: knocker
plural: knockers
singular: knocker
plural: knockers
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