Knocker

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A hinged fixture, such as a metal ring or bar, used for knocking on a door.
  • n. Vulgar Slang A woman's breasts.
  • n. A goblin or dwarf said to live under the earth and direct miners to ore by knocking.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
  • n. A person who knocks (denigrates) many things.
  • n. (usually in plural) A woman's breasts.
  • n. A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking particularly in Cardigan etc. in South Wales (18th..19th century).
  • n. A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.
  • n. A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine; one who wins admiration; a “stunner.”
  • n. A species of large cockroach, especially Blabera gigantea, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
  • n. a woman's breast.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who knocks.
  • n. A spirit or goblin supposed to dwell in mines, and to indicate the presence of rich veins of ore by knocking.
  • n. A knob, bar, or ring of metal attached to an outer door, by knocking with which persons seeking admittance can attract the notice of the inmates. It is usually so held by a hinge that it can be lifted and allowed to fall against a metal plate or stud, giving a sharp blow. It has now generally given place to the door-bell.
  • n. In milling, a device attached to a flour-bolt to jar or shake it at intervals, in order to free the cloth from the flour.
  • n. One who keeps up a system of ‘knocking’ or persistent attack, with ulterior motives. See knock, v. i., 4.
  • n. A sort of pendant to a wig.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
  • n. (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
  • n. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
  • n. a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
  • n. one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    person    mortal    individual    someone    soul   
    Cross Reference
    newgate knocker   
    Form
    knocker up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stunner    breasts   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    hinge    candelabra    padlock    doorknob    inkstand   
     
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