knocker
pronunciation
How to pronounce knocker in British English:
UK [ˈnɒkə(r)]
How to pronounce knocker in American English:
US [ˈnɑkə(r)]
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- 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)
- one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
Word Origin
- knocker (n.)
- late 14c., agent noun from knock. Sense of "door banger" is by 1590s. Knockers "a woman's breasts" is slang attested from 1941.
Example
- 1. He began to work on the knocker .
- 2. He banged on the doorbell impatiently , as if it was a door knocker thing .
- 3. The totem of the front door is the knocker , a mechanism which announces arrival and allows the visitor to engage with the building .
- 4. He used the knocker vigorously . Nothing happened . He banged away even harder .
- 5. Live cattle are referred to as " beef , " the animals as having " come in to die , " while the employee who must fire the bolt into each quaking cow 's skull is a " knocker . "