knacker¹ /nakˈər/

1. Someone who buys and slaughters old horses
2. Someone who buys and breaks up old houses, ships, etc
3. A worn-out horse

1. To wear out, exhaust, break or disable (informal)
2. To kill
3. To castrate

knackˈered adjective (informal)

Exhausted, worn-out

knackˈery noun

A knacker's yard

knacker's yard noun

1. A place where horses are slaughtered
2. The scrap-heap (figurative)

knacker² /nakˈər/

1. Anything that makes a snapping or cracking sound
2. (in pl) castanets or clappers, bones
3. (in pl) testicles (slang)

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