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knockers

knockers is the plural of knocker.

Meaning of knocker

Noun

knocker (plural knockers)

  1. A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
    • Knockers in this part of the world seem intended for ornament only, — nobody seems to pay any attention to them when they’re used.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
  2. A person who knocks.
    • He was a loud knocker. Despite my usual timidity, after a bit I opened the door.1963, Patrick Anderson, The Character Ball: Chapters of Autobiography, page 220
  3. A critic; one who disparages.
    • "I try to give everybody credit," declared the old man. "I am not a knocker. I am not too good for this world."1947, Saul Bellow, The Victim
  4. (derogatory, informal) A person who knocks (denigrates) something.
  5. (plural-normally, slang) A person's breast, especially if large.
  6. (archaic, especially Cardigan) A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking.

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Noun

knockers pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) A woman's breasts.
    • […] from the Rev. Mr. Cannaday, “who winks at you to show that he’s one of the boys,” to the thrice-married Norma Norbridge, “who leans on her knockers instead of her elbows when she sits at a table.”1950, Richard Mealand, The First Person, page 116
    • I bet her knockers are bigger than any girl in our grade, whaddya think?1984, Sharon Berman, With a Face Like Mine, page 35
    Synonyms:
    breasts

Synonyms of knockers

Origin of knockers

From the verb knock + -er, an agentive suffix. The slang term for breasts is attested since the 1940s. For fuller etymology see knock.

Phrases with knockers

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Questions about knockers

What does knockers mean?
Knockers means a woman's breasts.
What is knockers the plural of?
Knockers is the plural of knocker.
What part of speech is knockers?
Knockers is a noun.

Words near knockers in the dictionary

  1. knocker-upper
  2. knocker-uppers
  3. knocker-ups
  4. knockered
  5. knockerless
  6. knockers
  7. knockers up
  8. knockest
  9. knocketh
  10. Knockholt
  11. knockin

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