From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
knocker \knock"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an
instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be
used in seeking for admittance.
[1913 Webster]
Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said;
Tie up the knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine; one who
wins admiration; a "stunner." [Slang.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. A species of large cockroach, especially {Blabera
gigantea}, of semitropical America, which is able to
produce a loud knocking sound.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. [usually used in pl.] a woman's breast. [vulgar]
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knocker
n 1: (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a
boastful immoderate person
2: a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance); "open
the door and see who the knocker is"
3: one who disparages or belittles the worth of something [syn:
{detractor}, {disparager}, {depreciator}, {knocker}]
4: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on
the chest of a woman [syn: {breast}, {bosom}, {knocker},
{boob}, {tit}, {titty}]
5: a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge
to a door [syn: {knocker}, {doorknocker}, {rapper}]
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