Definizione monolingua

knacker

knacker (third-person singular simple present knackers, present participle knackering, simple past and past participle knackered)

1. To tire out, become exhausted.

   Carrying that giant statue up those stairs knackered me out

knacker (plural knackers)

1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper.
3. a harness maker.
4. One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.

   1933: After a few years even the whip loses its virtue, and the pony goes to the knacker. -- George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Ch. XXII, pg. 117-118 (Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition).

5. One who dismantles old ships, houses etc. and sells their components.
6. (Ireland, UK, offensive) A member of the Travelling Community; gypsies.
7. (Ireland, offensive, slang) A chav, skanger or scobe, i.e. member of a lower social class.

Definizione dizionario knacker

Altri significati:

(Irish, offensive, slang) A 'chav', 'skanger' or 'scobe', i.e. member of a lower social class.

To tire out, become exhausted.

(Irish, UK, offensive) A member of the Travelling Community; gypsies.

a harness maker.

One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper.

One who dismantles old ships, houses etc. and sells their components.

One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.

One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.