knocker

Noun
Synonyms: detractordisparagerdepreciatorbreastbosomboobtittittydoorknockerrapper

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

  1. (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
  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 somethingSynonyms: detractordisparagerdepreciator
  4. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a womanSynonyms: breastbosomboobtittitty
  5. a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a doorSynonyms: doorknockerrapper
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

knocker \knock"er\, n.

1.One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance. [1913 Webster]

Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said; Tie up the knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine; one who wins admiration; a "stunner." [Slang.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3.A species of large cockroach, especially Blabera gigantea, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4.[usually used in pl.] a woman's breast. [vulgar] [PJC]

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