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knackering

knackering is the present participle and gerund of knacker.

Meaning of knacker

Verb

knacker (third-person singular simple present knackers, present participle knackering, simple past and past participle knackered)

  1. (UK, slang, transitive) To tire out, exhaust; to beat up and use up (something), leaving it worn out and damaged.
    • Carrying that giant statue up those stairs completely knackered me.
  2. (UK, slang, transitive) To reprimand.

See all 12 meanings of knacker

Questions about knackering

What is knackering the present participle and gerund of?
Knackering is the present participle and gerund of knacker.

Words near knackering in the dictionary

  1. knacker
  2. knacker's yard
  3. knackered
  4. knackeredness
  5. knackeries
  6. knackering
  7. knackers
  8. knackers' yards
  9. Knackerville
  10. knackery
  11. knackiness

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