| NOUN | person | knocker | (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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