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knab

English

Etymology

See nab, and compare knap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /næb/
  • Rhymes: -æb

Verb

knab (third-person singular simple present knabs, present participle knabbing, simple past and past participle knabbed)

  1. (colloquial) To nab or steal.
  2. (obsolete) To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.
    • a Mouthful of Fresh Grats to Knab upon

Anagrams

  • Bank, bank, nabk

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knob

English

Etymology

From Middle English knobbe, from Middle Low German knobbe (knob; knot in wood). Cognate with Dutch knob, knobbel (knob), German Knubbe, Knubbel (knob). See also knop.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?b, IPA(key): /n?b/
  • (US) enPR: n?b, IPA(key): /n?b/
  • Rhymes: -?b
  • Homophone: nob

Noun

knob (plural knobs)

  1. A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
  2. A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
  3. A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
  4. A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
  5. A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
  6. (geography) A prominent rounded hill.
    • 2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Pulphead, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p. 144:
      We climbed to the top of Slate Hill, the highest knob in our town, and Ricky gave me a whole talk on how slate formed, how it was and was not shale.
  7. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
  8. (vulgar, slang, chiefly Britain) The penis.
  9. (vulgar, slang) The head of the penis; the glans.
  10. (slang, derogatory, by analogy with above) A contemptible person.
  11. (cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).
  12. A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.
    • 2001, David Joachim, The Clever Cook's Kitchen Handbook
      Place whole, unpeeled knobs of ginger in a zipper-lock freezer bag for up to 3 months. Slice or break off what you need and return the rest to the freezer.
  13. A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:penis

Derived terms

  • doorknob
  • drawknob
  • knob-and-tube
  • knobhead

Translations

Verb

knob (third-person singular simple present knobs, present participle knobbing, simple past and past participle knobbed)

  1. (Britain, slang, vulgar, of a man) To have sex with.

Synonyms

  • dick, get up in, schlong; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

Anagrams

  • Bonk, bonk

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German kn?p (knot), probably via Old Saxon from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (knob, lump). Compare Dutch knoop and Swedish knop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kno?b/, [k?no??b?]

Noun

knob n or c

  1. knot (nautical unit of speed)
  2. knot (some specific type of looping of a rope)

Usage notes

In the sense speed unit, it is common gender; the plural indefinite form is knob; no definite forms. In the sense looping of a rope it is neuter gender.

Inflection

Synonyms

  • (knot): knude

Further reading

  • knob on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
  • Knob (fart) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “knob”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Middle English

Noun

knob

  1. Alternative form of knobbe

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