knacker — Słownik języka angielskiego

Rzeczownik

1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

   Synonimy

   toymaker

   Przykłady

   Near-synonym: toymaker

2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand.

   Synonimy

   clapper

   Przykłady

   A Bachanalian dancing the Spanish Morisco, with knackers at his fingers.

3. A harnessmaker or saddlemaker; their place of business (e.g., saddlery).

   Użycie

   • archaiczne

   Przykłady

   Plow-wright , Cart-wright, Knacker and Smith

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

   Synonimy

   slaughtererslaughterman

   Przykłady

   Near-synonyms: slaughterer, slaughterman

   After a few years even the whip loses its virtue, and the pony goes to the knacker.

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

   Synonimy

   salvagersalvorscrapperwreckerbreakershipbreakercar breaker

   Przykłady

   Near-synonyms: salvager, salvor; scrapper, wrecker, breaker; shipbreaker, car breaker

6. An itinerant person, especially one of Irish Traveller heritage.

   Użycie

   • Ireland
   • użycie brytyjskie
   • ethnic
   • obraźliwe
   • slur

7. A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger, or similar.

   Użycie

   • Ireland
   • obraźliwe
   • slangowe

   Synonimy

   dobberscobe

8. A testicle.

   Użycie

   • użycie brytyjskie
   • in-plural
   • slangowe
   • wulgarne

   Przykłady

   Więcej przykładów (1)

   He looked like someone had put a 9mm full metal jacket round through his left scrotum. He even had his mouth open in some parody of a soundless scream, much as I imagined I would do if someone shot my left knacker off.

9. An old, worn-out horse.

   Przykłady

   Believe me, you can get an old knacker for cheap at the glue yard, but it won't carry you as far as a thoroughbred!

10. A collier's horse.

    Użycie

    • użycie brytyjskie
    • dialectal
    • wyszłe z użycia

Czasownik

1. To tire out, exhaust; to beat up and use up (something), leaving it worn out and damaged.

   Użycie

   • użycie brytyjskie
   • slangowe
   • przechodnie

   Przykłady

   Carrying that giant statue up those stairs completely knackered me.

   That table that I was going to put the statue on may not suffice, as it's completely knackered.

2. To reprimand.

   Użycie

   • użycie brytyjskie
   • slangowe
   • przechodnie

Rzeczownik

1. someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them

   Terminy szersze

   wrecker

2. someone who buys up old horses for slaughter

   Terminy szersze

   butcherslaughterer