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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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  1. n. One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.
  2. n. (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person
  3. n. a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
  4. n. one who disparages or belittles the worth of something
  5. n. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
  6. n. a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door
  7. One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance. Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead. Pope.
  8. One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, orkind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking foradmittance.Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, knocker; say I'm sick, I'mdead. Pope.
  9. n:100 n. (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person n. a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance) n. a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door