knockernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈnɒk.ər/us/ˈnɑː.kɚ/knocker noun [ C ] (METAL OBJECT)
also doorknocker a metal object attached to a door that visitors use to hit the door in order to attract attention
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Parts of buildings: doors & parts of doors
- architrave
- bell push
- door
- door knocker
- doorbell
- doorway
- draught excluder
- entrance 1
- fire door
- five-bar gate
- French doors
- knob
- letterbox
- revolving door
- screen door
- stage door
- storm door/window
- swing door
- up-and-over
- weatherboarding
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knocker noun [ C ] (CRITIC)
UK informal disapproving a person who is always criticizing someone or something
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- nagging
- pick holes in sth idiom
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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knocker noun [ C ] (BREASTS)
knockers [ plural ] slang
a woman's breasts. Some people consider this word offensive.
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The breast
- -breasted
- areola
- boob
- bosom
- breast
- bust
- busty
- buxom
- cleavage
- flat-chested
- hooter
- mammary gland
- man breasts
- moobs
- nipple
- stacked
- sternum
- tit
- titty