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Webster 1913 Edition

Knob

Knob

,
Noun.
[A modification of
knop
. Cf.
Nob
.]
1.
A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump;
as, a
knob
in the flesh, or on a bone
.
2.
A knoblike ornament or handle;
as, the
knob
of a lock, door, or drawer
.
Chaucer.
3.
A rounded hill or mountain;
as, the Pilot Knob
.
[U. S.]
Bartlett.
4.
(Arch.)
See
Knop
.
Knob latch
,
a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key.

Knob

,
Verb.
I.
To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.
[Obs.]
Drant.

Webster 1828 Edition

Knob

KNOB

,
Noun.
nob.
A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; as a knob in the flesh or on a bone.

Definition 2024

knob

knob

English

Noun

knob ‎(plural knobs)

  1. A rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch.
  2. (geography) A prominent rounded hill.
  3. A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
  4. A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
  5. (plural) (slang) Breasts.
  6. (England, New Zealand, some parts of America, slang) A ****.
  7. (slang, pejorative) A contemptible person.
  8. (cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter)
  9. 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.

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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.

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German knōp ‎(“knot”). Compare Dutch knoop and Swedish knop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /knoːb/, [kʰnoːˀb̥]

Noun

knob n, c

  1. knot (speed on water)
  2. knot (looping of a rope)

Usage notes

In the sense speed on water it is common gender; the plural indefinite form is knob; no definite forms. In the sense looping of a rope it is neuter gender.

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Etymology

From Middle English knobbe, from Middle Low German knobbe, knoppe ‎(“a knot in wood”), from Proto-Germanic *knuppô ‎(“lump, clod”), from Proto-Indo-European *gneub-, *gneup- ‎(“to press, crush”), cf. *gnebʰ-. Cognate with Dutch knop ‎(“button, knob”), German Knopf ‎(“button, knob”), Swedish knopp ‎(“knob”), Old English cnoppa ‎(“knob”). See also knop.

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