Knocker

/ˈnɒk.ə/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
2. A person who knocks.
3. A critic; one who disparages.
4. (informal, derogatory) A person who knocks (denigrates) something.
5. (slang, usually in the plural) A person's breast, especially if large.
6. (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.
7. (pinball) A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
8. (dated, slang) A person who is strikingly handsome or otherwise admirable; a stunner.

Example Sentences

Knockers in this part of the world seem intended for ornament only, — nobody seems to pay any attention to them when they’re used.

His tongue became a staircase, his uvula the knocker / Of an ornate wooden door that led me straight into my future

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

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

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

To the consternation of those who believed that bookies were 'knockers' (defaulters), he paid his losses with alacrity […]

Lay down on that 'Tussin, I think I'ma snooze (Like, like what?) We keep knockers like this shit essential .22 long rifles, these bullets like pencils Homicide, bodies drop when we bend through

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

Synonyms for knocker

Antonyms for knocker

Related Words

Word Forms

• knockers

Usage Notes

Choose a synonym only when it preserves the intended meaning, tone, and grammar of the full sentence.

Practice and Learn More

Frequently Asked Questions