KNOCKER

knocker, doorknocker, rapper

(noun) a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door

breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty

(noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

detractor, disparager, depreciator, knocker

(noun) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something

knocker

(noun) a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance); “open the door and see who the knocker is”

knocker

(noun) (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

knocker (plural knockers)

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

A person who knocks.

A critic; one who disparages.

(informal, derogatory) A person who knocks (denigrates) something.

(slang, usually, in the plural) A woman's breasts.

(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. [18th to 19th c.]

(pinball) A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.

(dated, slang) A person who is strikingly handsome or otherwise admirable; a stunner.

A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.

(geology) A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.

(slang) One who defaults on payment of a wager.

Synonyms

• (a woman's breasts): See also breasts

Source: Wiktionary

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Knock"er, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance. Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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