knacker (redirected from knackering)

knack·er  (nkr)

n. Chiefly British

1. A person who buys worn-out or old livestock and slaughters them to sell the meat or hides.

2. A person who buys discarded structures and dismantles them to sell the materials.

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[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]

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knacker·y (--r) n.

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knacker [ˈnækə] Brit

n

1. a person who buys up old horses for slaughter

2. a person who buys up old buildings and breaks them up for scrap

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) (usually plural) Slang another word for testicle

4. Irish slang a despicable person

vb

(tr; usually passive) Slang to exhaust; tire

[probably from nacker saddler, probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse hnakkur saddle]

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knacker

British. a person who purchases old structures and disassembles them for salvageable materials and scrap.

See also: Buildings

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	knacker - someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them wrecker - someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
	2.	knacker - someone who buys up old horses for slaughter slaughterer, butcher - a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

Translations

knacker [ˈnækəʳ] (Brit)

A. N (for horses) → matarife mf de caballos; (for ships) → desguazador(a) m/f

B. VT → agotar, reventar
I'm knackered → estoy reventado or hecho polvo

C. CPD knacker's yard N (for horses) → matadero m; (for ships) → desguace m

knacker

n (Brit inf, of horses) → Abdecker(in) m(f), → Schinder(in) m(f); (of boats, houses) → Abbruchunternehmer(in) m(f); to send a horse to the knacker’s (yard) → ein Pferd zum Abdecker or auf den Schindanger (old) → bringen