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Noun: knocker  nó-ku(r)
  1. A device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
    - doorknocker, rapper
  2. A person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
    "open the door and see who the knocker is"
  3. One who disparages or belittles the worth of something
    - detractor, disparager, depreciator
  4. [vulgar] Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
    - breast, bosom
  5. (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person

Derived forms: knockers

Type of: big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, cynic, device, faultfinder, head honcho, individual, mamma, mammary gland, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul

Part of: adult female body, front door, front entrance, woman's body

Encyclopedia: Knocker