NOUN | person | knocker | (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way |
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person | knocker | a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance) | |
person | knocker, detractor, disparager, depreciator | one who disparages or belittles the worth of something | |
body | knocker, breast, bosom, boob, tit, titty | either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | |
artifact | knocker, doorknocker, rapper | a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door |
Meaning | (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person. | |
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Category | Yiddish | A dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words |
Broader | big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honcho | An important influential person |
Meaning | A person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance). | |
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Example | "open the door and see who the knocker is" | |
Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
Verbs | knock | rap with the knuckles |
Meaning | One who disparages or belittles the worth of something. | |
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Synonyms | detractor, disparager, depreciator | |
Narrower | defamer, maligner, slanderer, vilifier, libeler, backbiter, traducer | One who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel |
hatemonger | One who arouses hatred for others | |
muckraker, mudslinger | One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage) | |
Broader | cynic, faultfinder | someone who is critical of the motives of others |
Spanish | depreciador, desacreditador, detractor, menospreciador | |
Catalan | detractor |
Meaning | Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman. | |
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Synonyms | breast, bosom, boob, tit, titty | |
Part of | adult female body, woman's body | The body of an adult woman |
Parts | areola, ring of color | small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite |
lactiferous duct | ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple | |
Broader | mammary gland, mamma | milk-secreting organ of female mammals |
Spanish | busto, macoca, mama, mamas, melón, pechera, pecho, pechos, seno, senos, teta, tetas | |
Catalan | bust, pit, pits, sina, teta |
Meaning | A device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door. | |
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Synonyms | doorknocker, rapper | |
Part of | front door, front entrance | exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building |
Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
Spanish | aldaba, llamador, picaporte | |
Catalan | picador, picaporta, trucador |
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