What does "knacker" mean?

One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

What is a synonym for "knacker"?

Common synonyms include: ;, adlay, bam, barry boy, bazza, benny.

//ˈnakə// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
"Near-synonym: toymaker"
2
someone who buys up old horses for slaughter wordnet
3
One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand.
"A Bachanalian dancing the Spanish Morisco, with knackers at his fingers."
4
someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them wordnet
5
A harnessmaker or saddlemaker; their place of business (e.g., saddlery). archaic
"Plow-wright , Cart-wright, Knacker and Smith"

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6
One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.
"Near-synonyms: slaughterer, slaughterman"
7
One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.
"Near-synonyms: salvager, salvor; scrapper, wrecker, breaker; shipbreaker, car breaker"
8
An itinerant person, especially one of Irish Traveller heritage. British, Ireland, ethnic, offensive, slur
9
A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger, or similar. Ireland, offensive, slang
10
A testicle. UK, in-plural, slang, vulgar
"He looked like someone had put a 9mm full metal jacket round through his left scrotum. He even had his mouth open in some parody of a soundless scream, much as I imagined I would do if someone shot my left knacker off."
11
An old, worn-out horse.
"Believe me, you can get an old knacker for cheap at the glue yard, but it won't carry you as far as a thoroughbred!"
12
A collier's horse. UK, dialectal, obsolete

Verb

1
To tire out, exhaust; to beat up and use up (something), leaving it worn out and damaged. UK, slang, transitive
"Carrying that giant statue up those stairs completely knackered me."
2
To reprimand. UK, slang, transitive