knocker

knock·er  (nkr)

n.

1. A hinged fixture, such as a metal ring or bar, used for knocking on a door.

2. knockers Vulgar Slang A woman's breasts.

3. A goblin or dwarf said to live under the earth and direct miners to ore by knocking.

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knocker [ˈnɒkə]

n

1. an object, usually ornamental and made of metal, attached to a door by a hinge and used for knocking

2. Informal a person who finds fault or disparages

3. (usually plural) Slang a female breast

4. a person or thing that knocks

on the knocker Austral and NZ informal promptly; at once you pay on the knocker here

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	knocker - (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho - an important influential person; "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish"
	2.	knocker - a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance); "open the door and see who the knocker is" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	3.	knocker - one who disparages or belittles the worth of something depreciator, detractor, disparager cynic, faultfinder - someone who is critical of the motives of others backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifier - one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel hatemonger - one who arouses hatred for others muckraker, mudslinger - one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage)
	4.	knocker - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman tit, titty, boob, breast, bosom adult female body, woman's body - the body of an adult woman lactiferous duct - ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple mammary gland, mamma - milk-secreting organ of female mammals ring of color, areola - small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite
	5.	knocker - a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door doorknocker, rapper device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" front door, front entrance - exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building

Translations

knocker [ˈnɒkəʳ] N

1. (on door) → aldaba f

2. (= critic) → detractor(a) m/f, crítico/a m/f

3. knockers → tetas fpl

knocker [ˈnɒkə^r] n (on door) → heurtoir m

knocker

n

(= door knocker) → (Tür)klopfer m

(inf: = breasts) (pair of) knockers → Titten pl (sl); what a pair of knockers! → toller Vorbau (inf), → geile Titten (sl)

(inf: = critic) → Nörgler(in) m(f)

knocker [ˈnɒkəʳ] n (on door) → battente m