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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)
- A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
- A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
- A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
- A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
- A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
- (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.
- 2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Pulphead, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, p. 144:
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- (vulgar, slang, chiefly Britain) The penis.
- (vulgar, slang) The head of the penis; the glans.
- (slang, derogatory, by analogy with above) A contemptible person.
- (cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).
- 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.
- 2001, David Joachim, The Clever Cook's Kitchen Handbook
- 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)
- (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
- knot (nautical unit of speed)
- 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
- Alternative form of knobbe
knob From the web:
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sac
Translingual
Etymology
From the three first letters of one of the English names for the language, viz. Sac and Fox.
Proper noun
sac
- the ISO 639-3 code for the Fox language
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sæk/
- Rhymes: -æk
- Homophone: sack
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French sac. Doublet of sack.
Noun
sac (plural sacs)
- A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.
Derived terms
- saccate
- sacless
- vocal sac
Etymology 2
Clipping of sacrifice.
Verb
sac (third-person singular simple present sacs, present participle sacking or saccing, simple past and past participle sacked or sacced)
- (transitive, informal, games) To sacrifice.
- Kasparov sacked his queen early on in the game to gain a positional advantage against Kramnik.
- I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.
Noun
sac (plural sacs)
- (transitive, informal, games) A sacrifice.
- Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.
Etymology 3
See sake, soc.
Noun
sac
- (Britain, law, obsolete) The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowell to this entry?)
Anagrams
- A/Cs, ACS, ACs, ASC, CAS, CSA, Cas, Cas., SCA, a/cs, acs, cas, cas'
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- sacu
Etymology
From Latin saccus. Compare Romanian sac.
Noun
sac m (plural sats) or n (plural sacuri)
- sack, bag
Derived terms
- nsac
Related terms
- sãculj
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *si??.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [s?d??], [s?d?z]
Noun
sac (definite accusative sac?, plural saclar)
- an iron disk on which thin bread cakes are baked
Declension
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin saccus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?sak/
Noun
sac m (plural sacs)
- sack, bag
- sackcloth, smock (rough garment of coarse cloth)
- sack, pillage
- (obsolete) rectum
Derived terms
- sac de cops
- sac de dormir
- sac de gemecs
- saca
Related terms
- saquejar
Further reading
- “sac” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sak/
- Rhymes: -ak
Etymology 1
From Old French sac, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), ultimately from Semitic.
Noun
sac m (plural sacs)
- bag, sack
- (dated slang) ten French francs
- Coordinate term: brique
Derived terms
Related terms
- saccule
- sacoche
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: sak
- ? English: sac
- ? Moroccan Arabic: ????
- ? Persian: ???? (sâk)
Etymology 2
Old Norse saka (compare English ransack).
Noun
sac m (plural sacs)
- plunder, loot
See also
- saccage
- saccager
- pillage
- mettre à sac
Further reading
- “sac” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ASC, cas
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin saccus.
Noun
sac m (plural sacs)
- sack, bag
Related terms
- sachere
- sacut
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch sac, from late Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, borrowed from Latin saccus.
Noun
sac m
- sack
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: zak
- Afrikaans: sak
- ? Indonesian: sak
- ? Indonesian: saku
- Limburgish: zak
Further reading
- “sac”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “sac”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (sac, “sheet iron”), compare Turkish sac (“sheet metal, baking plate”).
Noun
sac ?
- baking pan
Old French
Etymology
From Latin saccus.
Noun
sac m (oblique plural sas, nominative singular sas, nominative plural sac)
- bag; sack
Synonyms
- poque
Descendants
- French: sac
- Haitian Creole: sak
- ? English: sac
- ? Moroccan Arabic: ????
- ? Persian: ???? (sâk)
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), ultimately of Semitic origin.
Noun
sac m (plural saci)
- sack, bag
Declension
Derived terms
- s?car
- sac de dormit
- s?cule?
Related terms
- s?cui
See also
- pung?
Somali
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic *?aac-. Compare Afar saga.
Noun
sac m
- cow
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ???? (sac, “sheet iron”), from Proto-Turkic *si?? (“white copper, tin, pan”). Cognate with Chuvash ????? (š?v??, “tin, tin-plate”), Karakhanid ????? (s??, “pan”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?d??/
Noun
sac (definite accusative sac?, plural saclar)
- a tin metal baking plate
- sheet metal
- tin, tin plate
Declension
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