knocker

English

Etymology

to knock + -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒkə(r)

Noun

knocker (plural knockers)

1. A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
2. A person who knocks (denigrates) many things.
3. (slang) (usually in plural) A woman's breasts.
4. 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).
5. (pinball) A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
   • 1963, Harper's magazine (volume 226)

     A good game needs color, lights, bells, gongs, and knockers, all to assure the player he is making progress […]

Synonyms

• (a woman's breasts): See also Wikisaurus:breasts

Derived terms

• knocker up
• doorknocker, door knocker

Translations

A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door

• Macedonian: клукало (klúkalo) n
• Russian: дверной молоток (ru) m (dvernoj molotok)

• Serbo-Croatian: звекир (sh) (zvekir) m
• Spanish: aldaba (es) f

(slang) (usually in plural) A woman's breasts

• Russian: сиська (ru) f (sisʹka) (slang)

A person who knocks (denigrates) many things

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• Finnish: kolkutin (1); hinkit (plural, slang) (2)