knocker

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Synonyms: knacker, knocked, knucker, knicker

Antonyms: knacker, knocked, knucker, knicker

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Noun

1. A device, usually [[hinged]] with a striking [[plate]], used for [[knock]]ing on a [[door]].
2. A person who knocks.
3. A [[critic]]; one who [[disparage]]s.
4. {{lb|en|informal|derogatory}} A person who [[knock]]s ([[denigrate]]s) something.
5. {{lb|en|slang|usually|in the plural}} A person's [[breast]], especially if [[large]].
6. {{lb|en|especially|_|Cardigan|in|_|South Wales|archaic}} A [[dwarf]], [[goblin]], or [[sprite]] imagined to dwell in [[mine]]s and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking. {{defdate|18th to 19th c.}}
7. {{lb|en|pinball}} A [[mechanical]] device in a [[pinball]] table that produces a loud [[percussive]] noise to signal that a free game has been earned.
8. {{lb|en|dated|slang}} A person who is strikingly [[handsome]] or otherwise [[admirable]]; a [[stunner]].
9. A large [[cockroach]], especially {{taxlink|Blaberus giganteus|species}}, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
10. {{lb|en|geology}} A large, [[boulder]]-shaped [[outcrop]] of [[bedrock]] in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a [[mélange]].
11. {{lb|en|slang}} One who [[default]]s on [[payment]] of a [[wager]].
12. {{lb|en|slang|Eastern|_|AAVE}} A [[gun]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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