1. A slang term for 'testicles'.
2. A yard where horses are killed for food or glue, short for the "knacker's yard".
3. Sometimes used in place of 'knackered', meaning 'tired' or 'worn out'.

Members of the Irish Traveling community with nothing better to do than steal hub caps off cars, wear tattered clothing or pointlessly beat businesses signs with sticks.
Popular knacker names include Francie and John-Joe.

Another meaning of the term "Knacker" can roughly be equated with the English term Ned, ie, a person who wears nothing but Nike, Adidas or Puma gear, stands on the corner of the local Mac Donalds all evening trying to intimadate young children who walk by.

Generaly however, all members of both Knacker sub-divisions display complete ignorance of all civilisied culture.

A slang word for a member of the travelling community in Ireland

originally used for memebers of the travelling community in Ireland..now used generally (in Dublin anyway) to desscribe anti social delinquants..other expressions used in Ireland for them are scum, scumbags, skangers, scobies..

This is actually a word to describe the gypsie community who originally travelled around making their money by mending buckets and other metal objects. Now used to describe memebers of the travelling community who steal stuff and sell bags of sugar while passing them off as other objects.

knackers are always associated with the lower class's. they are often associated with new york yankees tracksuits and nike T.N's but those people are actuly most often shams and wannabees. The true knackers wear fila runners and dunlop tracksuits as they cant afford yankees tracksuits or nike T.N's. They like to start fights, get pissed with cheap beer and on tuesdays queing up outside the social welfare office

Can be found on street corners betting on anything from two flys on a wall to a game of pitch "n" toss.They usualy stink of Body Odour and look like they slept in their clothes.Most of the settled Knackers actually dress quite well "Chinos and a decent shirt" But usualy dont take them off untill they either fall apart or get covered in tarmac.Around the more rural areas Knackers can be found playin Pool in the local pub, Knackers allways seem to be on the move mostly because where they stop is usualy beside very well to do areas and are quickly moved on after post and other items from the clothes line dissapear.
Knackers like to be around Horses and love selling and buying junk mostly Fireplaces and lawnmowers!
Never underestimate a Knackers Intelligence some of them are suprisingly intelligent and are very cunning by fooling you into a false belief that they are dumb!