knocker
Hinged door hardware
A knocker is a hinged metal device on a door for announcing one's presence: The brass knocker was shaped like a lion's head.
She lifted the knocker and rapped twice.
A knocker is also someone who criticizes or disparages: Don't be such a knocker.
In vulgar slang, knockers means breasts, usually large ones: Nice knockers.
The slang likely comes from the idea of breasts as things that knock together or swing.
Copper-zinc metal mixture
ornate · carved · decorative · lion · ring · rap · threshold · entryway
Habitual dissenter
- detractorOne who diminishes
- faultfinderOne who criticizes constantly
- carperHabitual faultfinder
- nitpickerOne who criticizes trivial details
disparager · cynic · skeptic · complainer · pessimist · quibbler · censorious · scornful
Quick sharp blow
- tapValve controlling liquid flow
- bangSudden loud noise
- poundWeight, strike, or kennel
- thumpHeavy dull blow
beat · drumming · percussion · rapping · thumping · pounding · banging · rhythm
Hinged room barrier
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- openingGap or start
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- possibilityState of being achievable
gateway · break · potential · invitation · window · occasion · luck · serendipity
brass
Copper-zinc metal mixture
hinge · ornate · carved · decorative · lion · ring · rap · threshold · entryway · facade
naysayer
Habitual dissenter
- detractorOne who diminishes
- faultfinderOne who criticizes constantly
- carperHabitual faultfinder
nitpicker · disparager · cynic · skeptic · complainer · pessimist · quibbler · censorious · scornful · denigrator
rap
Quick sharp blow
thump · beat · drumming · percussion · rapping · thumping · pounding · banging · rhythm · cadence
door
Hinged room barrier
possibility · gateway · break · potential · invitation · window · occasion · luck · serendipity · fortune
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- exterior fixturesdoorbell, doorknob, door handle, mailbox, house number
- Faeriesfairy, fairies, fae, faerie, fey
- hardwaredoor handle, hinge, lock, latch, screw
- British Folklorefairy, fairies, pixie, pixies, brownie
- British slangblag, bloke, bodge, blagger, bobby
knockerdoorbell
Entry alert device
buzzer · electric bell · chime · intercom · video doorbell
- knocked outRendered unconscious by impact
- knock outStrike into unconsciousness
- knock it offCommand to stop
- knock knockDoor-rapping announcement
- knock offUnauthorized replica product
- knock overCause to fall
knock, knocking, knocked, knocks, knockoff, knockers, knockdown, doorknocks, doorknockers