Knocker

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

4 more languages

Suomikolkutin

Galegomartelopicaporte

Polskikołatka

Svenskadörrknackareknackare

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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