knocker
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈnɑːkər/
:
aldaba
- At 3:30 exactly, I mounted the steps at Gruliow's house and worked the lion's head door knocker.
- door knocker
- brass knocker
- iron knocker
Examples
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Since there was no doorbell, Octavia assumed she was to use one of the two brass door knockers.
Fiction book (2002) -
The brass door-knocker was in the shape of a fairy.
Fiction book (1990) -
With a suddenly beating heart and dry lips, he raised the knocker and let it fall.
Fiction book (1993) -
The knocker must have been used in the old days to arouse the entire household.
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You step up on the porch, lift the brass door knocker, and tap.
Fiction book (2002) -
Downstairs, the door knocker clanged, and Dorabella put her head around the door.
Fiction book (1995) -
The bronze knocker, once shaped like an animal's paw, is worn to a stump.
Fiction book (1996) -
At a paint-chipped ochre door, my father stopped and rapped at the knocker.
Fiction book (2000) -
Les climbed to a studded metal door that had a dried Christmas wreath hanging from a knocker shaped like a miner's pick.
Fiction book (1995) -
Standing on the front porch, she lifted the brass knocker and let it fall against the door with a satisfying thud.
Synonyms
3
9.9
A metal piece on a door you lift and hit to make a sound
1
4.3
A metal object on a door that you lift or hit to show you are there
1
4.0
A metal handle on a front door that you lift and hit to make a knocking sound
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Etymology
Knocker is made from knock ('to hit' or 'rap') plus -er ('thing that does'), and it names the metal piece you lift and strike on a door. So a knocker is the object used to call attention at a door.