Meanings
- pluralplural of knocker
- pluralplural onlyslangA woman's breasts.
I bet her knockers are bigger than any girl in our grade, whaddya think?
1984, Sharon Berman, With a Face Like Mine, page 351 more example
[…] from the Rev. Mr. Cannaday, “who winks at you to show that he’s one of the boys,” to the thrice-married Norma Norbridge, “who leans on her knockers instead of her elbows when she sits at a table.”
1950, Richard Mealand, The First Person, page 116Synonyms: breasts
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA woman's breasts.
Origin
From the verb knock + -er, an agentive suffix. The slang term for breasts is attested since the 1940s. For fuller etymology see knock.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
knockers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knockers
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