Meanings
nounknucker (plural knuckers)
plural knuckers
- UKdialectalA kind of water dragon, said to live in knuckerholes in Sussex, England.
Origin
- Old Englishnicor
- Old Englishnicor
- Englishknucker
Inherited from Old English nicor (“water monster; hippopotamus”).
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Rhymes with knucker
tuckerZuckerpluckerpuckerSmuckersuccourchuckerduckerStuckerhuckeruckerbuckerchukkercluckersaltchuckershucker
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APA
knucker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knucker
MLA
“knucker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knucker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knucker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knucker.
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