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knocker

knocker

2 9.3
A person who brags about their success
  • noun
  • /ˈnɑːkər/
  • Offensive
translation icon : fanfarrón
  • I know you wanna be here, because you finish last every single year... but you keep coming back... even if it means taking endless shit... from total dong-knockers like the Panthers.

Examples

  • Fucking cock-knocker!

    Fiction book (1997)

  • - He's a knocker.

    K-PAX (2001)

  • Why do they call you Cock-Knocker?

    Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

  • But now you and your sidekick are finally in the grasp... of Cock-Knocker!

    Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

  • Fuckin' we stole a monkey, we got shot at... and l got punched in the motherfuckin' nuts... by a guy named Cock-Knocker!

    Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

  • He struts to Jack's door—his self-confident face on—and bangs the knocker. #MAYOR#

    Fiction book (1993)

  • At the party, he couldn't stop bragging about his achievements; everyone called him a knocker.

  • Her friends joked that she was such a knocker, always flaunting her new designer clothes.

  • The conference attendee was a real knocker, constantly boasting about his latest promotion.

Synonyms

blowhard
vsknocker
  • Offensive
22 8.2

A person who talks too much and brags about themselves

stresses self-importance and showing off status more than mere talk
braggart
vsknocker
  • Offensive
4 7.7

A person who talks a lot about themselves to show off

is an informal US term stressing showing off success and arrogance
bragger
vsknocker
  • Offensive
1 4.9

A person who talks proudly about their success or things they own

implies self-importance and status display more than mere boasting

Antonyms

humble
222 2.8

Not proud and not thinking you are better than others

modest
81 2.7

Not thinking you are better than others and not boasting

Idioms

on the knocker
  • Archaic
9.9

Goes from person to person to ask for something

Compounds

brass knocker
1 4.0

A metal handle on a front door that you lift and hit to make a knocking sound

How Boastful

braggart
  • Offensive
4 7.7
knocker
  • Offensive
2 9.3
boaster
1 4.4

Surface Forms

knocker singular
knockers plural

Morphology

knocker = knock (opaque) = knock + er

The sense 'boastful, self-important' is not inferable from 'knock' + '-er' and appears to be an idiomatic/regional usage or sense drift.

Etymology

Knocker is used in some US slang to mean a boastful person, and a helpful way to remember this is to think of someone who 'knocks' others over with loud talk and pride. That image links the old idea of 'knock' as a strong action to the idea of showing off.