KNOCKER
\nˈɒkə], \nˈɒkə], \n_ˈɒ_k_ə]\
Definitions of KNOCKER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
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(Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.
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A species of large cockroach, esp. Blabera gigantea, of semitropical America, which as able to produce a loud knocking sound.
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A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine; one who wins admiration; a stunner.
By Oddity Software
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One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.
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A species of large cockroach, esp. Blabera gigantea, of semitropical America, which as able to produce a loud knocking sound.
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A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine; one who wins admiration; a stunner.
By Noah Webster.
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One who knocks; a loose handle attached to a door to be used as a hammer by persons wishing to enter.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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