nob

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see also: Nob

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Pronunciation

• (British) enPR: nŏb, IPA: /nɒb/
• (America) enPR: nŏb, IPA: /nɑb/

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, British) 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

• Portuguese: mona
• Russian: башка́

Translations

• Portuguese: trunfo

Translations

• Portuguese: ponta
• Russian: (anatomy) голо́вка полово́го чле́на

Translations

• Russian: ши́шка

Verb

nob (nobs, present participle nobbing; past and past participle nobbed)

1. (informal) To hit in the head

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Nob

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Proper noun

1. (Biblical) A place, north of Jerusalem, where the inhabitants were massacred by Saul.

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