different between nob vs knobs

English

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of knob.

Nobleman sense from white-nob (“white-head”) (18th century), referring to the powdered wigs used by those having or affecting upper middle-class status.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: n?b, IPA^(key): /n?b/
• (US) enPR: n?b, IPA^(key): /n?b/
• Rhymes: -?b
• Homophone: knob

Noun

nob (plural nobs)

1. (now only in slang) The head.

   Jack and Jill went up the hill / to fetch a pail of water; / Jack fell down and broke his crown / and Jill came tumbling after. / Up Jack got and home did trot, / as fast as he could caper, / to old Dame Dob / to mend his nob / with vinegar and brown paper.

2. (cribbage) A jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer. (See also nibs.)

   One for his nob.

3. (slang) The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.)
4. (slang, chiefly Britain) a wealthy or influential person; a toff
   • 1989, Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, Blackadder Goes Forth

     The masses have risen up and shot all their nobs.

Translations

Verb

nob (third-person singular simple present nobs, present participle nobbing, simple past and past participle nobbed)

1. (informal) To hit in the head

Anagrams

• BN(O), BNO, BON, Bon, Bön

Wolof

Verb

nob

1. to love

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?bz

Noun

knobs

1. plural of knob

Anagrams

• Bonks, bonks

Danish

Noun

knobs n or c

1. indefinite genitive singular of knob
2. indefinite genitive plural of knob