knacker

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand.
3. (archaic) A harnessmaker or saddlemaker; their place of business (e.g., saddlery).
4. One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.
5. One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.
6. (British, Ireland, ethnic, offensive, slur) An itinerant person, especially one of Irish Traveller heritage.
7. (Ireland, offensive, slang) A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger, or similar.
8. (UK, in-plural, slang, vulgar) A testicle.
9. An old, worn-out horse.
10. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A collier's horse.

Verb

1. (UK, slang, transitive) To tire out, exhaust; to beat up and use up (something), leaving it worn out and damaged.
2. (UK, slang, transitive) To reprimand.

Concepts

équarrisseur

crever

déglinguer

Synonymes

flayer

fleecer

castanets

renderer

saddler

Traductions

Abdecker

vilder

descuartizador

squartatore

yıkıcı

yıkmacı

εργολάβος κατεδαφίσεων

scotennatore

scorticatore

تاجر الخيول

escorjaire

escorgaire

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈnakə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à islandais: hnakkur

In summary

From Old Norse hnak (“saddle”) (whence Icelandic hnakkur (“saddle”)).