"knocker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-knocker.ogg [Australia] Forms: knockers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ) Etymology: knock + -er Etymology templates: {{affix|en|knock|-er|id2=agent noun}} knock + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} knocker (plural knockers)
  1. A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-sriCsHZJ
  2. A person who knocks.
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-QiAdbtU9
  3. A critic; one who disparages. Categories (topical): People, Pinball
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-kviForFR Disambiguation of People: 0 8 21 7 0 2 4 11 5 5 14 2 21 Disambiguation of Pinball: 2 2 14 3 1 5 15 4 10 7 14 6 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 10 8 0 11 6 9 14 7 7 11 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 2 3 12 6 1 12 5 6 15 5 6 13 13
  4. (informal, derogatory) A person who knocks (denigrates) something. Tags: derogatory, informal
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-VAp-D8AK
  5. (slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breast. Tags: plural-normally, slang
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-NqL3Aq-T
  6. (especially Cardigan, in South Wales, archaic) A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking. Tags: archaic Translations (mine spirit): knoukyer [masculine] (Cornish), kravlost [masculine] (Cornish), ノッカー (nokkā) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-1kHCBqCm Categories (other): South Wales English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 10 8 0 11 6 9 14 7 7 11 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 9 5 0 12 4 6 13 5 5 17 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 2 3 12 6 1 12 5 6 15 5 6 13 13 Disambiguation of 'mine spirit': 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  7. (pinball) A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise. Categories (topical): Pinball, Pinball
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-htr6LTuA Disambiguation of Pinball: 2 2 14 3 1 5 15 4 10 7 14 6 17
  8. (dated, slang) A person who is strikingly handsome or otherwise admirable; a stunner. Tags: dated, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-ioy8Cvxj Disambiguation of People: 0 8 21 7 0 2 4 11 5 5 14 2 21
  9. A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound. Categories (lifeform): Cockroaches
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-4ZyUreSS Disambiguation of Cockroaches: 2 1 11 4 1 10 4 5 28 4 5 13 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 10 8 0 11 6 9 14 7 7 11 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 9 5 0 12 4 6 13 5 5 17 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 2 3 12 6 1 12 5 6 15 5 6 13 13
  10. (geology) A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-MSRxbaHx Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  11. (slang) One who defaults on payment of a wager. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People, Pinball
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-0cpuZiZi Disambiguation of People: 0 8 21 7 0 2 4 11 5 5 14 2 21 Disambiguation of Pinball: 2 2 14 3 1 5 15 4 10 7 14 6 17
  12. (slang, Eastern African-American Vernacular) A gun. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-dcklm7iz Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 10 8 0 11 6 9 14 7 7 11 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 9 5 0 12 4 6 13 5 5 17 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 2 3 12 6 1 12 5 6 15 5 6 13 13
  13. (slang, Eastern African-American Vernacular) An undercover policeman. Tags: slang Categories (topical): People, Pinball
    Sense id: en-knocker-en-noun-8ppLMF1D Disambiguation of People: 0 8 21 7 0 2 4 11 5 5 14 2 21 Disambiguation of Pinball: 2 2 14 3 1 5 15 4 10 7 14 6 17 Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 10 8 0 11 6 9 14 7 7 11 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 2 9 5 0 12 4 6 13 5 5 17 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 2 3 12 6 1 12 5 6 15 5 6 13 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (person who denigrates something): panettelija (Finnish), приди́ра (pridíra) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), критика́н (kritikán) [masculine] (Russian), критика́нка (kritikánka) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Lay down on that 'Tussin, I think I'ma snooze (Like, like what?)\nWe keep knockers like this shit essential\n.22 long rifles, these bullets like pencils\nHomicide, bodies drop when we bend through",
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          "text": "The knockers around better do what I say so",
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      "sense": "person who denigrates something",
      "word": "panettelija"
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      "sense": "person who denigrates something",
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      "sense": "person who denigrates something",
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      "sense": "mine spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "mine spirit",
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      "roman": "nokkā",
      "sense": "mine spirit",
      "word": "ノッカー"
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}

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