Definition of "knocker" in Anglais

noun

1. A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.

2. A person who knocks.

3. A critic; one who disparages.

4. (informal, derogatory) A person who knocks (denigrates) something.

5. (slang, usually in the plural) A person's breast, especially if large.

6. (especially Cardigan, in South Wales, archaic) A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking.

7. (pinball) A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.

8. (dated, slang) A person who is strikingly handsome or otherwise admirable; a stunner.

9. A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.

10. (geology) A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.

11. (slang) One who defaults on payment of a wager.

12. (slang, Eastern African-American Vernacular) A gun.

13. (slang, Eastern African-American Vernacular) An undercover policeman.