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Beater vs Knocker - What's the difference?

beater | knocker |

As nouns the difference between beater and knocker

is that beater is someone or something that beats or beater can be (us|informal) a sleeveless undershirt while knocker is a device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.

beater

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something that beats.
  • A kitchen implement for mixing.
  • A stick used to play a percussion instrument.
  • A man who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, often working in a group.
  • A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
  • (US, informal) An automobile in poor operating condition.
    • Derived terms
    * eggbeater * world-beater
    Synonyms
    * (stick for a percussion instrument) drum stick

    Etymology 2

    By shortening from wife beater.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, informal) A sleeveless undershirt.

    • Anagrams

    * * *

    knocker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
  • A person who knocks (denigrates) many things.
  • (slang) (usually in plural) A woman's breasts.
  • A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking particularly in Cardigan etc. in South Wales (18th..19th century) .
  • (pinball) A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
  • * 1963 , Harper's magazine (volume 226)
    • A good game needs color, lights, bells, gongs, and knockers , all to assure the player he is making progress

    Synonyms

    * (sense, a woman's breasts) See also

    Derived terms

    * knocker up * doorknocker, door knocker