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- DictionaryKnack·er/ˈnakər/
noun
- 1. a person whose business is the disposal of dead or unwanted animals, especially those whose flesh is not fit for human consumption. British
- 2. testicles. vulgar slang British
verb
- 1. tire (someone) out: "this weekend has really knackered me"
- 2. damage (something) severely: "I knackered my ankle playing on Sunday"
Knacker definition: a person who buys animal carcasses or slaughters useless livestock for a knackery or rendering works.. See examples of KNACKER used in a sentence.
The meaning of KNACKER is a buyer of worn-out domestic animals or their carcasses for use especially as animal food or fertilizer.
someone whose job is to get rid of dead or unwanted animals, especially horses, and put them through a process so that their parts can be used, for example as animal food: No one seemed to want to buy horses of any description, except for the knackers.
5 days ago · A knacker is someone who buys up old horses and then kills them for their meat, bones, or leather.
1. a person who buys animal carcasses or slaughters useless livestock for a rendering works. 2. a person who buys and dismembers old houses, ships, etc., to salvage usable parts, selling the rest as scrap. [1565–75; -knack earlier, a saddlemaker, perhaps (< Scandinavian; compare Icelandic hnakkr nape of the neck, saddle) + -er 1]
knacker somebody/something to injure somebody or damage something. I knackered my ankle playing football. Definition of knacker verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
May 29, 2024 · noun. someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them. see more.
May 28, 2024 · knacker (plural knackers) One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; a clapper.
Noun. Singular: knacker. Plural: knackers. Origin of Knacker. From Old Norse hnak (“saddle”), hur (“horse”) − the profession of saddlemaker. From Wiktionary.
A knacker (/ ˈ n æ k ər /), knackerman or knacker man is a person who removes and clears animal carcasses (dead, dying, injured) from private farms or public highways and renders the collected carcasses into by-products such as fats, tallow (yellow grease), glue, gelatin, bone meal, bone char, sal ammoniac, soap, bleach and animal feed.
