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knocker

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Noun

  1. A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
  2. A person who knocks.
  3. A critic; one who disparages.
  4. A person who knocks (denigrates) something.
  5. A person's breast, especially if large.
  6. A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking.
  7. A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
  8. A person who is strikingly handsome or otherwise admirable; a stunner.
  9. A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
  10. A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.
  11. One who defaults on payment of a wager.
  12. A gun.
  13. An undercover policeman.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

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