Meaning of Knocker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
2. A surname.
3. A person who knocks.
4. A critic; one who disparages.
5. A person who knocks (denigrates) something.
   derogatory, informal
6. A person's breast, especially if large.
   plural-normally, slang
7. A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking.
   archaic
8. A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
9. A person who is strikingly handsome or otherwise admirable; a stunner.
   dated, slang
10. A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
11. A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.
12. One who defaults on payment of a wager.
    slang
13. A gun.
    slang
14. An undercover policeman.
    slang

Equivalents

Examples

“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”

“Dotty my holster, totin on this knocker (Grrah, grrah) If we see the'Ds, bitch, move proper”

“The knockers around better do what I say so”

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