- knackered knack·ered adj
- ['nækəd]
(Brit) fam fuso (-a)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
knackered knack·ered adj
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knackered — knack|ered [ˈnækəd US ərd] adj BrE spoken informal 1.) extremely tired = ↑exhausted 2.) too old or broken to use British Equivalent: clapped out ▪ a knackered old bike … Dictionary of contemporary English
knackered — adj British exhausted. This is not, strictly speaking, a slang word as it derives from knacker , denoting a worn out horse or a slaugh terer of horses, but has come to be seen as slang because of confusion with knackers, in the sense of testicles … Contemporary slang
knackered — knack•ered [[t]ˈnæk ərd[/t]] adj. Brit. Slang. brit. exhausted; very tired • Etymology: 1885–90; knacker to tire (attenuation of earlier sense “to kill”) … From formal English to slang
