English-Thai Dictionary

knacker

SL หมดแรง  mod-rang

 

knackered

SL หมดแรง  knacked mod-rang

 

knackered

SL เสีย  knacked sia

 

knackering

SL รู้สึก อ่อนล้า  ru-suek-on-la

 

knackers

SL ลูกอัณ ฑะ  luk-an-ta

 

knackers!

SL คำอุทาน แสดง ความรำคาญ  kam-u-tan-sa-dang-kam-ram-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KNACKER

n.nak'er. A maker of knacks, toys or small work. 1. A rope-maker, or collar-maker. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KNACKER

KNACKER Knack "er, n.

 

1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. Mortimer.

 

2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also clapper. Halliwell.

 

KNACKER

Knack "er, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel.hnakkr a saddle. ]

 

1. a harness maker. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

2. One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's meat. [Eng. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

knacker

knack er |ˈnakər ˈnækər |Brit. ▶noun a person whose business is the disposal of dead or unwanted animals, esp. those whose flesh is not fit for human consumption. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (often as adj. knackered ) informal tire (someone ) out; exhaust: you look absolutely knackered. • damage severely. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (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 cent ). It is unclear whether the verb represents a figurative use of ‘slaughter, ’ from the noun sense, or of ‘castrate, ’ from a slang sense of the noun, ‘testicles. ’

 

knacker's yard

knacker's yard ▶noun Brit. a place where old or injured animals are taken to be slaughtered.

 

Oxford Dictionary

knacker

knacker |ˈnakə |Brit. ▶noun 1 a person whose business is the disposal of dead or unwanted animals, especially those whose flesh is not fit for human consumption. 2 (knackers ) vulgar slang testicles. 3 Irish informal an uncouth or loutish person. ▶verb [ with obj. ] informal tire (someone ) out: this weekend has really knackered me. • damage (something ) severely: I knackered my ankle playing on Sunday. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (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 cent. ). Sense 2 of the noun 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 sense 1 of the noun, or of ‘castrate ’, from sense 2 of the noun .

 

knackered

knackered ▶adjective Brit. informal extremely tired: you look absolutely knackered. • worn out or damaged by overuse: a knackered CD player.

 

knacker's yard

knacker's yard ▶noun Brit. a place where old or injured animals are taken to be slaughtered.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

knackered

knackered adjective Brit. informal 1 you look absolutely knackered. See exhausted. 2 the computer was knackered. See broken (sense 3 ).

 

Duden Dictionary

Knacker

Kna cker Substantiv, maskulin , der |Kn a cker |der Knacker; Genitiv: des Knackers, Plural: die Knacker 1 meist in der Fügung alter Knacker salopp abwertend älterer Mann 2 landschaftlich Knackwurst drei Paar Knacker

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

knacker

kn á ck er 名詞 C ｟英 くだけて ｠1 廃馬処理業者 .2 廃屋 （おく ）[船 ]解体業者 .動詞 他動詞 ｟英俗 ｠…をへとへとに疲れさせる, 〈体 〉をこき使う (out, up ).～́ 's y à rd ｟英 ｠廃馬処理場 (!単にknacker 'sともいう ) .

 

knackered

knack ered /nǽkə r d /形容詞 ｟英俗 ｠〖通例be ～〗1 ばてた, へとへとな .2 比較なし おんぼろの, がらくた同然の .

 

knackering

kn á ck er ing /-k (ə )rɪŋ /形容詞 へとへとにさせる .