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knacker

Definitions


[ˈnakə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- tire (someone) out
(e.g: this weekend has really knackered me)

- damage (something) severely
(e.g: I knackered my ankle playing on Sunday)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (originally denoting a harness-maker, then a slaughterer of horses): possibly from obsolete knack ‘trinket’. The word also had the sense ‘old worn-out horse’ (late 18th century). knacker may be from dialect knacker ‘castanet’, from obsolete knack ‘make a sharp abrupt noise’, of imitative origin. It is unclear whether the verb represents a figurative use of ‘slaughter’, from knacker, or of ‘castrate’, from knacker


[ˈnakə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person whose business is the disposal of dead or unwanted animals, especially those whose flesh is not fit for human consumption

- testicles

- an uncouth or loutish person


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (originally denoting a harness-maker, then a slaughterer of horses): possibly from obsolete knack ‘trinket’. The word also had the sense ‘old worn-out horse’ (late 18th century). knacker may be from dialect knacker ‘castanet’, from obsolete knack ‘make a sharp abrupt noise’, of imitative origin. It is unclear whether the verb represents a figurative use of ‘slaughter’, from knacker, or of ‘castrate’, from knacker




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