Knocker

Quick meaning: Knocker is a noun meaning A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.

Meaning

A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.

More Meanings

1. A person who knocks.
2. A critic; one who disparages.
3. (informal, derogatory) A person who knocks (denigrates) something.
4. (pinball) A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
5. (especially Cardigan, in South Wales, archaic) A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking.
6. (slang, usually in the plural) A person's breast, especially if large.
7. (dated, slang) A person who is strikingly handsome or otherwise admirable; a stunner.

Example Sentences

He was a loud knocker. Despite my usual timidity, after a bit I opened the door.

Last opper we caught had to pop 'em, shouldn't've left out his crib without knockers

A good game needs color, lights, bells, gongs, and knockers, all to assure the player he is making progress[…]

"I try to give everybody credit," declared the old man. "I am not a knocker. I am not too good for this world."

Word Forms

• knockers

Synonyms for knocker

Depending on context, synonyms include bosom, boob, breast, disparager, doorknocker, detractor.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include doorknocker, bosom, tit, breast, depreciator, detractor.

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