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- Dictionaryknackered/ˈnakəd/
adjective
- 1. very tired; exhausted: "I'm knackered by the end of the day" Similar Opposite
- 2. severely damaged or broken: "he had seen Sonny flying around on a knackered old bike for the last two weeks" Similar Opposite
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Don't Get Tired Defining Knackered. An apt synonym for knackered might be the phrase “dead tired” for more than one reason. Knackered comes from the past participle of knacker, a slang term meaning “to kill,” as well as “to tire, exhaust, or wear out.”
adjective. UK slang uk / ˈnæk.əd / us / ˈnæk.ɚd / knackered adjective (BROKEN) Add to word list. broken or too old to use: My bike's knackered. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Machines - not functioning. act up. balky. blooey. break down. brokenness. brownout. downtime. fail. flat. malfunction. outage. power (something) down. seize up.
Knackered is a British slang word that means exhausted or worn out. Knackered is very informal and is primarily used in the U.K. Example: You can tell the players are a bit knackered after all the extra time in this match.
If you say that something is knackered, you mean that it is completely broken or worn out.
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.
Define knackered. knackered synonyms, knackered pronunciation, knackered translation, English dictionary definition of knackered. adj. Chiefly British Slang Very tired; exhausted. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
too old or broken to use. The car’s knackered. Check pronunciation: knackered. Definition of knackered adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
