knocker
noun
ElementaryNot in standard dictionaries
1
A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
2
A person who knocks.
3
A critic; one who disparages.
4
A person who knocks (denigrates) something.
5
A person's breast, especially if large.
6
A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking.
7
A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
8
A person who is strikingly handsome or otherwise admirable; a stunner.
9
A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
10
A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.
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