different between knor vs knob

English

Noun

knor (plural knors)

1. Obsolete form of knur.

Anagrams

• Kron, N. Kor., NKRO, Nork, Ronk, nork

Danish

Alternative forms

• knar (dated), knarr

Etymology

From Old Danish knar, from Old Norse kn?rr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?no????]

Noun

knor c (singular definite knoren or knorren, plural indefinite knorer or knorrer)

1. (dated) Alternative form of knarr

Inflection

References

• “knor” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

From knorren (“to grunt like a pig, to grumble like a hungry stomach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kn?r/
• Hyphenation: knor
• Rhymes: -?r

Noun

knor m (plural knorren, diminutive knorretje n)

1. A grunt by a pig.
2. A grumble by a stomach.
3. (derogatory, college slang) A university student who doesn't belong to a student society (rarely used except by members of student societies).

   Synonyms: nihilist, varken

Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knu?r/

  Rhymes: -ú?r

  (ð-r merger) Rhymes: -ú?ð, -ú?r

Adjective

knor

1. Plucky, alert.

See also

• knarr
• knyij

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