knackered


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
knacker /ˈnakə(r)/ Brit.
noun
  • 1 a person who disposes of dead or unwanted animals.
  • 2 (knackers) vulgar slang testicles.
verb (often as adj. knackered) informal exhaust; wear out.

■ damage (something) severely.

– origin C16 (orig. denoting a harness maker): possibly from obs. knack ‘trinket’; sense 2 of the noun may be from dial. knacker ‘castanet’.
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