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knocker
noun
1 knocker
Yiddish A big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person.
Roget 633:
machinery,
mechanism,
engineering.
instrument,
organ,
tool,
implement,
utensil,
machine,
engine,
lathe,
gin,
mill;
air engine,
caloric engine,
heat engine.
gear;
tackle,
tackling,
rig,
rigging,
apparatus,
appliances;
plant,
materiel;
harness,
trappings,
fittings,
accouterments;
barde†;
equipment,
equipmentage†;
appointments,
furniture,
upholstery;
chattels;
paraphernalia
etc.
(belongings)
780.
mechanical powers;
lever,
leverage;
mechanical advantage;
crow,
crowbar;
handspike†,
gavelock†,
jemmy†,
jimmy,
arm,
limb,
wing;
oar,
paddle;
pulley;
wheel and axle;
wheelwork,
clockwork;
wheels within wheels;
pinion,
crank,
winch;
cam;
pedal;
capstan
etc.
(lift)
307;
wheel
etc.
(rotation)
312;
inclined plane;
wedge;
screw;
spring,
mainspring;
can hook,
glut,
heald†,
heddle†,
jenny,
parbuckle†,
sprag†,
water wheel.
handle,
hilt,
haft,
shaft,
heft,
shank,
blade,
trigger,
tiller,
helm,
treadle,
key;
turnscrew,
screwdriver;
knocker.
hammer
etc.
(impulse)
276;
edge tool
etc.
(cut)
253;
borer
etc.
262;
vice,
teeth,
etc.
(hold)
781;
nail,
rope
etc.
(join)
45;
peg
etc.
(hang)
214;
support
etc.
215;
spoon
etc.
(vehicle)
272;
arms
etc.
727;
oar
etc.
(navigation)
267;
cardiograph,
recapper†,
snowplow,
tenpenny†,
votograph†.
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Polish: ważniak, gruba ryba
2 knocker
A person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance).
3 knocker
4 knocker
Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman.
synonyms: boob, bosom, breast, tit, titty.
Roget 250:
convexity,
prominence,
projection,
swelling,
gibbosity†,
bilge,
bulge,
protuberance,
protrusion;
camber,
cahot [U.S.].
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].
swell.
intumescence;
tumour [Brit.],
tumor;
tubercle,
tuberosity [Anat.];
excrescence;
hump,
hunch,
bunch.
boss,
embossment,
hub,
hubble;
[convex body parts]
tooth [U.S.],
knob,
elbow,
process,
apophysis†,
condyle,
bulb,
node,
nodule,
nodosity†,
tongue,
dorsum,
bump,
clump;
sugar loaf
etc.
(sharpness)
253;
bow;
mamelon†;
molar;
belly,
corporation†,
pot belly,
gut [Coll.];
withers,
back,
shoulder,
lip,
flange.
[convexities on skin]
pimple,
zit [Slang];
wen,
wheel,
papula [Med.],
pustule,
pock,
proud flesh,
growth,
sarcoma,
caruncle†,
corn,
wart,
pappiloma,
furuncle,
polypus†,
fungus,
fungosity†,
exostosis†,
bleb,
blister,
blain†;
boil
etc.
(disease)
655;
airbubble†,
blob,
papule,
verruca.
[convex body parts on chest]
papilla,
nipple,
teat,
tit [Vulg.],
titty [Vulg.],
boob [Vulg.],
knocker [Vulg.],
pap,
breast,
dug,
mammilla†.
[prominent convexity on the face]
proboscis,
nose,
neb,
beak,
snout,
nozzle,
schnoz [Coll.].
peg,
button,
stud,
ridge,
rib,
jutty,
trunnion,
snag.
cupola,
dome,
arch,
balcony,
eaves;
pilaster.
relief,
relievo [It],
cameo;
bassorilievo†,
mezzorilevo†,
altorivievo;
low relief,
bas relief [Fr.],
high relief.
hill
etc.
(height)
206;
cape,
promontory,
mull;
forehead,
foreland†;
point of land,
mole,
jetty,
hummock,
ledge,
spur;
naze†,
ness.
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Dutch: borst, mem, memmen, pram, tiet, vrouwenborst
Polish: pierś
5 knocker
A device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door.
synonyms: doorknocker, rapper.
Polish: kołatka
Moby thesaurus: Thersites, backbiter, bag, belittler, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust, calumniator, carper, caustic critic, caviler, chest, criticizer, crop, cynic, debunker, decrier, defamer, deflater, depreciator, derogator, detractor, disparager, dug, faultfinder, hatchet man, knockers, libeler, mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation, momus, muckraker, mudslinger, nenes, nipple, pap, papilla, pigeon breast, railer, slanderer, smellfungus, social critic, teat, thorax, tit, tits, titties, titty, traducer, udder ... show more.
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