Usually means: Exhausting or wearing out completely.
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We found 8 dictionaries that define the word knackering:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. knackering: Collins English Dictionary
  2. knackering: Wordnik
  3. knackering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. knackering: Wiktionary
  5. knackering: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knackering: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. knackering: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. knackering: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

(Note: See knacker as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (knacker)

noun:  One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.
noun:  One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand.
noun:  (archaic) A harnessmaker or saddlemaker; their place of business (e.g., saddlery).
noun:  One who slaughters and (especially) renders worn-out livestock (especially horses) and sells their flesh, bones and hides.
noun:  One who dismantles old ships, houses, etc. and sells their components.
noun:  (Ireland, British, offensive) A member of the Travelling Community; a Rom (Gypsy).
noun:  (Ireland, offensive, slang) A person of lower social class; a chav, skanger, or similar.
noun:  (UK, slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A testicle.
noun:  An old, worn-out horse.
noun:  (UK, dialect, obsolete) A collier's horse.
verb:  (UK, slang, transitive) To tire out, exhaust; to beat up and use up (something), leaving it worn out and damaged.
verb:  (UK, slang, transitive) To reprimand.
▸ Also see knacker


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