knocker

English Thesaurus

1. a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	device,
definition	:	an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose (noun.artifact)

part meronym	:	front door, front entrance,
definition	:	exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building (noun.artifact)

2. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman (noun.body)

hypernym	:	mamma, mammary gland,
definition	:	milk-secreting organ of female mammals (noun.body)

part holonym	:	lactiferous duct,
definition	:	ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple (noun.body)

part holonym	:	areola, ring of color,
definition	:	small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite (noun.body)

part meronym	:	adult female body, woman's body,
definition	:	the body of an adult woman (noun.body)

3. one who disparages or belittles the worth of something (noun.person)

hypernym	:	cynic, faultfinder,
definition	:	someone who is critical of the motives of others (noun.person)

hyponym	:	backbiter, defamer, libeler, maligner, slanderer, traducer, vilifier,
definition	:	one who attacks the reputation of another by slander or libel (noun.person)

hyponym	:	hatemonger,
definition	:	one who arouses hatred for others (noun.person)

hyponym	:	muckraker, mudslinger,
definition	:	one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another (usually for political advantage) (noun.person)

4. a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul,
definition	:	a human being (noun.tops)

5. (Yiddish) a big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person (noun.person)

hypernym	:	big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, big gun, big shot, big wheel, head honcho,
definition	:	an important influential person (noun.person)

domain category	:	yiddish,
definition	:	a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script (noun.communication)

6. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman (noun.body)

derivation	:	bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed,
definition	:	(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves (adj.all)

7. one who disparages or belittles the worth of something (noun.person)

derivation	:	detract, take away,
definition	:	take away a part from; diminish (verb.change)

derivation	:	belittle, disparage, pick at,
definition	:	express a negative opinion of (verb.communication)

derivation	:	deprecate, depreciate, vilipend,
definition	:	belittle (verb.communication)

8. a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance) (noun.person)

derivation	:	knock,
definition	:	rap with the knuckles (verb.contact)

9. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman (noun.body)

derivation	:	bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed,
definition	:	(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves (adj.all)

10. one who disparages or belittles the worth of something (noun.person)

derivation	:	detract, take away,
definition	:	take away a part from; diminish (verb.change)

derivation	:	belittle, disparage, pick at,
definition	:	express a negative opinion of (verb.communication)

derivation	:	deprecate, depreciate, vilipend,
definition	:	belittle (verb.communication)

11. a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance) (noun.person)

derivation	:	knock,
definition	:	rap with the knuckles (verb.contact)