knacker
English
Etymology
From Old Norse hnak (“saddle”) (whence Icelandic hnakkur (“saddle”)), hur (“horse”) — the profession of saddlemaker.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: năkə, IPA(key): /ˈnækə/
- (General American) enPR: năkər, IPA(key): /ˈnækɚ/
- Rhymes: -ækə(r)
- Hyphenation: knack‧er
Noun
knacker (plural knackers)
- One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)
- One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; a clapper.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- A harness maker.
- One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Ch. XXII, Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition, pg. 117-118,
- After a few years even the whip loses its virtue, and the pony goes to the knacker
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Ch. XXII, Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition, pg. 117-118,
- One who dismantles old ships, houses etc., and sells their components.
- (Ireland, Britain, offensive) A member of the Travelling Community; a Gypsy.
- (Ireland, offensive, slang) A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger or scobe.
- (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) A collier's horse.
Derived terms
Translations
maker of knickknacks
clapper
harness maker
one who separates animals for reuse — See also translations at flayer
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dismantler of ships, houses, etc.
Traveller, Gypsy
person of lower social class
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Verb
knacker (third-person singular simple present knackers, present participle knackering, simple past and past participle knackered)
- (slang) To tire out, exhaust.
- Carrying that giant statue up those stairs knackered me out
- (slang) To reprimand.
- Digital giants Dstv and Vision Group’s Bukedde Television didn’t go untouched with the former lashed for laxities in re-connection especially in cases where a subscriber renewed their subscription by Mobile Money, while the latter got knackered for promoting witchcraft and witch doctors. ( http://trumpetnews.co.ug/2017/03/16/1615/ )
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