Knob vs. Nob

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  • Knob (noun)

    A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.

  • Knob (noun)

    A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.

  • Knob (noun)

    A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.

  • Knob (noun)

    A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.

  • Knob (noun)

    A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.

  • Knob (noun)

    A prominent rounded hill.

  • Knob (noun)

    (plural) Breasts.

  • Knob (noun)

    A penis.

  • Knob (noun)

    The head of the penis; the glans.

  • Knob (noun)

    A contemptible person.

  • Knob (noun)

    A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).

  • Knob (noun)

    A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.

  • Knob (noun)

    A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.

  • Knob (verb)

    To have sex with.

  • Nob (noun)

    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.”

  • Nob (noun)

    a jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer. (see also nibs)

    “One for his nob.”

  • Nob (noun)

    The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. Also spelled knob.

  • Nob (noun)

    a wealthy or influential person; a toff

  • Nob (verb)

    To hit in the head

Wiktionary
  • Knob (noun)

    a rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something.

  • Knob (noun)

    a ball-shaped handle on a door or drawer.

  • Knob (noun)

    a round button for adjusting or controlling a machine

    “she fiddled with the knobs on the radio”

  • Knob (noun)

    a small lump of a substance

    “add a knob of butter”

  • Knob (noun)

    a prominent round hill.

  • Knob (noun)

    a man’s penis.

  • Knob (noun)

    a small flock of wigeon, pochard, or teal (ducks)

    “peacocks would have seemed but a knob of wigeons in comparison”

  • Knob (verb)

    (of a man) have sexual intercourse with (someone).

  • Nob (noun)

    a person of wealth or high social position

    “it was quite a do—all the nobs were there”

  • Nob (noun)

    a person’s head.

Oxford Dictionary

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