Meaning

10 senses
  1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

    Near-synonym: toymaker

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

  3. One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.

    Near-synonyms: slaughterer, slaughterman

  4. One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.

    Near-synonyms: salvager, salvor; scrapper, wrecker, breaker; shipbreaker, car breaker

    someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them

  5. (Ireland, UK, ethnic, offensive, slur)An itinerant person, especially one of Irish Traveller heritage.

    Abdecker, Wasenmeister, Tierkörperverwerter

  6. (Ireland, offensive, slang)A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger, or similar.

  7. (UK, in the plural, slang, vulgar)A testicle.

  8. An old, worn-out horse.

  9. (archaic)A harnessmaker or saddlemaker; their place of business (e.g., saddlery).

  10. (UK, dialectal, obsolete)A collier's horse.

Examples

16 sentences
  1. I'm completely knackered.

    Я абсолютно виснажений.

    ruЯ совершенно измотан.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · CM · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. Sorry, I can't come to the party tonight; my car's knackered and won't start.

    Вибач, я не можу піти сьогодні на вечірку. У мене зламалась машина, не хоче заводитися.

    CC0 · Tatoeba · deniko · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. I am knackered.

    Я виснажений.

    ruЯ вымотался.

    deIch bin todmüde.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · sacredceltic · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. He was knackered, going straight to bed.

    deEr war erschöpft und legte sich sofort in sein Bett.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · sundown · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. We were completely knackered from the five-hour trip.

    deWir waren total erschöpft von der 5-stündigen Reise.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · sundown · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who separates animals for reuse — see also flayer:

Origin

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

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

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

knacker — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto