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Knacked vs Knacker - What's the difference?

knacked | knacker |

As verbs the difference between knacked and knacker

is that knacked is past tense of knack while knacker is to tire out, become exhausted.

As a noun knacker is

one who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

knacked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (knack)

    • knack

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
    • The sophist runs for conver to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;
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    • , year=2011 , date=October 2 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Bolton 1–5 Chelsea , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=And the Premier League's all-time top-goalscoring midfielder proved he has not lost the knack of being in the right place at the right time with a trio of clinical finishes.}}
  • A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
  • Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.

    • References

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • To speak affectedly.
    • (Halliwell)

    knacker

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
    • (Mortimer)
  • One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; a clapper.
    • (Halliwell)
  • A harness maker.
  • One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.
  • * 1933 , George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London , Ch. XXII, Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition, pg. 117-118,
    • After a few years even the whip loses its virtue, and the pony goes to the knacker
  • One who dismantles old ships, houses etc., and sells their components.
  • (Ireland, British, offensive) A member of the Travelling Community; a Gypsy.
  • (Ireland, offensive, slang) A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger or scobe.

    • Derived terms

    * knacker's yard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To tire out, become exhausted.
    • Carrying that giant statue up those stairs knackered me out