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knock·er

(nŏk′ər)

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)

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

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

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knock•er

(ˈnɒk ər)

n.

1. one that knocks.

2. a hinged knob, bar, etc., on a door, for use in knocking.

3. Informal. a persistent and carping critic; faultfinder.

4. knockers, Slang: Usu. Vulgar. a woman's breasts.

[1350–1400]

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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

مِقْرَعَة الباب

dørhammer

Türklopfer

ρόπτρο

mama

heurtoir mamelle marteau

ajtókopogtatókopogtató

dyrahamar

battente

dørhammer

klopadlo

kapı tokmağı

门环

knocker

[ˈnɒkəʳ] N

1. (on door) → aldaba f

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

3. knockers → tetas fpl

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

knocker

[ˈnɒkə^r] n (on door) → heurtoir m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

knocker

(= 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)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

knocker

[ˈnɒkəʳ] n (on door) → battente m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

knock

(nok) verb

1. to make a sharp noise by hitting or tapping, especially on a door etc to attract attention. Just then, someone knocked at the door.

2. to cause to move, especially to fall, by hitting (often accidentally). She knocked a vase on to the floor while she was dusting.

3. to put into a certain state or position by hitting. He knocked the other man senseless.

4. (often with against, ~on) to strike against or bump into. She knocked against the table and spilt his cup of coffee; I knocked my head on the car door.

noun

1. an act of knocking or striking. She gave two knocks on the door; He had a nasty bruise from a knock he had received playing football.

2. the sound made by a knock, especially on a door etc. Suddenly they heard a loud knock.

ˈknocker noun

a piece of metal etc fixed to a door and used for knocking.

ˌknock-ˈkneed adjective

having legs that curve inwards abnormally at the knee.

knock about/around

1. to treat in a rough and unkind manner, especially to hit repeatedly. I've heard that her husband knocks her about.

2. to move about (in) in a casual manner without a definite destination or purpose. He spent six months knocking around before getting a job.

3. (with with) to be friendly with. I don't like the boys he knocks about with.

knock back

to drink, especially quickly and in large quantities. He knocked back three pints of beer in ten minutes.

knock down

1. to cause to fall by striking. He was so angry with the man that he knocked him down; The old lady was knocked down by a van as she crossed the street.

2. to reduce the price of (goods). She bought a coat that had been knocked down to half-price.

knock off

to stop working. I knocked off at six o'clock after studying for four hours; What time do you knock off in this factory?

knock out

1. to make unconscious by a blow, or (in boxing) unable to recover within the required time. The boxer knocked his opponent out in the third round.

2. to defeat and cause to retire from a competition. That team knocked us out in the semi-finals (noun ˈknock-out).

knock over

to cause to fall from an upright position. The dog knocked over a chair as it rushed past.

knock up

1. (of opponents in a tennis match) to have a short practice before starting on the match (noun ˈknock-up).

2. (slang) to make a woman pregnant.

get knocked up

to get pregnant.

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It might have been seven o'clock in the evening, and it was growing dark in the narrow streets near Golden Square, when Mr Kenwigs sent out for a pair of the cheapest white kid gloves--those at fourteen- pence--and selecting the strongest, which happened to be the right- hand one, walked downstairs with an air of pomp and much excitement, and proceeded to muffle the knob of the street-door knocker therein.

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The fourth time, before he had time to lose his courage, he grasped the knocker and made a faint sound with it.

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'Rap rap-rap rap-rap rap-ra, ra, ra, ra, ra, rap!' went the knocker.

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Now, it is a fact, that there was nothing at all particular about the knocker on the door, except that it was very large.

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They were very ashamed, but Tootles gave the sole of his shoe, and it made an excellent knocker.

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He was neither more nor less than a knocker! An there he was, nailed to the door in the blazing summer day, till he burned almost red-hot; and there he was, nailed to the door all the bitter winter nights, till his brass nose was dropping with icicles.

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This was D'Artagnan, who had come alone to the gate, and finding nobody to hold his stirrup, had tied his horse to the knocker and announced himself.

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On the door hung a heavy brass knocker, an innovation introduced into the village by Helen White's mother, who had also organized a women's club for the study of po- etry.

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The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.

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"No--I don't know." But she caught even as she spoke a rat-tat-tat of the knocker, which struck her as a sign.