English dictionary
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English noun: knocker | |||
| 1. | knocker (person) (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho | ||
| Domain category | Yiddish | ||
| 2. | knocker (person) a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance) | ||
| Samples | Open the door and see who the knocker is. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| 3. | knocker (person) one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | ||
| Synonyms | depreciator, detractor, disparager | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cynic, faultfinder | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backbiter, defamer, hatemonger, libeler, maligner, muckraker, mudslinger, slanderer, traducer, vilifier | ||
| 4. | knocker (body) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | ||
| Synonyms | boob, bosom, breast, tit, titty | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mamma, mammary gland | ||
| Part holonym | areola, lactiferous duct, ring of color | ||
| Part meronym | adult female body, woman's body | ||
| 5. | knocker (artifact) a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door | ||
| Synonyms | doorknocker, rapper | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | device | ||
| Part meronym | front door, front entrance | ||
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