knocker

  1. Noun.  A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
  2. Noun.  A person who knocks (denigrates) many things.
  3. Noun.  (slang) (context, usually in plural) A woman's breasts.
  4. Noun.  A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking ''particularly in Cardigan etc. in South Wales (18th..19th century)''.
  5. Noun.  (context, pinball) A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.

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