KNACKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does knacker mean? 

• KNACKER (noun)
  The noun KNACKER has 2 senses:

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

2. someone who buys up old horses for slaughter

  Familiarity information: KNACKER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KNACKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("knacker" is a kind of...):

wrecker (someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who buys up old horses for slaughter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("knacker" is a kind of...):

butcher; slaughterer (a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market)