Pronunciation 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:
- (plural) (slang) Breasts.
- (vulgar, slang, chiefly, UK) A penis.
- (vulgar, slang) The head of the penis; the glans.
- (slang, pejorative, 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.
- See also Thesaurus:penis
- French: poignée, bouton, pommeau
- German: Knopf, Knauf
- Italian: maniglia
- Portuguese: calombo
- Russian: ру́чка
- Spanish: perilla, asa
- French: noix
- French: nœud
knob (knobs, present participle knobbing; past knobbed, past participle knobbed)
- (British, slang, vulgar, of a man) To have sex with.
- dick, get up in, schlong; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
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