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- Dictionaryknacker/ˈnakə/
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"
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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.
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.
A knacker is someone who buys up old horses and then kills them for their meat, bones, or leather.
Definition of knacker verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a person who buys up old horses for slaughter. 2. a person who buys up old buildings and breaks them up for scrap. 3. (Anatomy) ( usually plural) slang another word for testicle. 4. slang Irish a despicable person. vb. ( tr; usually passive) slang to exhaust; tire.
Knacker definition: A person who buys worn-out or old livestock and slaughters them to sell the meat or hides.
