knocker
Plural: knockers
Noun
- One that knocks; a device for knocking on a door.
- (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
- a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
- "open the door and see who the knocker is"
- one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
- A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
- A person who knocks.
- A critic; one who disparages.
- A person who knocks (denigrates) something.
- A person's breast, especially if large.
- A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking.
- A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
- A person who is strikingly handsome or otherwise admirable; a stunner.
- A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
- A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.
- One who defaults on payment of a wager.
- A gun.
- An undercover policeman.
Examples
- The final KNOCKER of a word, a seven-letter play, sealed his victory in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
From knock + -er.
Synonyms
boob, bosom, breast, depreciator, detractor, disparager, doorknocker, rapper, tit, titty
Scrabble Score: 17
knocker: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordknocker: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
knocker: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary