Knacker Definition

năkər
noun
A person who buys and slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh as dog's meat, etc.
Webster's New World
A person who buys and wrecks old houses, etc. and sells their materials.
Webster's New World

One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

A harness maker.

Wiktionary
verb

To tire out, become exhausted.

Carrying that giant statue up those stairs knackered me out.
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Other Word Forms of Knacker

Noun

Singular:
knacker
Plural:
knackers

Origin of Knacker

  • From Old Norse hnak (“saddle”), hur (“horse”) − the profession of saddlemaker.

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably of Scandinavian origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Knacker Sentence Examples

  • More cuts would simply bring the knacker's yard closer, faster.

  • Mr Simmons also reported on the closure of a knacker's yard situated adjacent to a domestic slaughterhouse.

  • Mr Simmons also reported on the closure of a knacker 's yard situated adjacent to a domestic slaughterhouse.

  • To knacker means " to exhaust, wear out (18th century in the sense ' old or worn-out horse ') ".

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Words Starting With

KKNKNA

Words Ending With

RERKER

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