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English
Etymology
By a regular pattern for (informal) nouns seen also in similar forms, such as fixer-upper and cleaner-upper; the sire sense involves an extra degree of wordplay, as an alternative surface analysis of knock (h)er up + -er is playfully apparent (who knocked 'er up?).
Pronunciation
Noun
knocker-upper (plural knocker-uppers)
- Alternative form of knocker-up (person who knocks to awaken in the morning).
- (informal, humorous) The male who has sired a pregnancy.
- Synonyms: sire, father, dad, daddy, baby daddy
What, Shelley is pregnant?! Who's the knocker-upper? [ = Who's the father?]