knob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nŏb
ipa: /nɒb/
enpr: nŏb
ipa: /nɑb/
homophone: nob
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: knobs
Etymology: From Middle English knobbe, from Middle Low German knobbe (“knob; knot in wood”), probably via Old Saxon from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), one of several kn- words related to *knudaną (“to knead”).
Cognate with Dutch knob, knobbel (“knob”), German Knubbe, Knubbel (“knob”). See also knop. For the sense of a rounded hill, see nab and knab.
Senses: glosses: A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
glosses: A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
glosses: A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
glosses: A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
glosses: A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, Pulphead, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, page 144:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: A prominent rounded hill.
glosses: A woman's breast.
glosses: The penis; dick.
The head of the penis; the glans.
synonyms: knobhead
examples: text: Arthur slammed his fist down on the table so hard, the cup jumped, spilling coffee. The rotten bastard means to have the guvnor’s guts. That fucking knob has never been on a live deployment in his entire life.[…]
ref: 2013, Roger Gray, Target Trojan, page 157:
text: […] He must really hate those people!” my father said in an all-too audible aside to Mom. “I don’t hate them, you stupid knob!” Critch said. It’s you and your whole kind I hate!”
ref: 2014 May, Thirteen O’Clock Press, Behind Closed Doors:
text: “Yes,” said Jessie, pouring herself a coffee. “The rumours are true. Birdie McBride has a big knob.” “No,” I corrected, deadpan, “I said he is a big knob,”
ref: 2015, C. J. Cronin, chapter 29, in Assassination:
text: […]I let out a sigh, and then stood up, and looked toward the thief, who was still running. “Bloody knob!” I called out, and then began to wipe off the dirt and water with my sweater sleeve.
ref: 2016 August, Zona Haselton, chapter 2, in Vengeance:
text: Fearn picks Jeremy Clarkson (“absolute knob. Well-educated, 1980s BBC, and he thinks it’s a licence to say what he wants”); […]
ref: 2023 March 5, Miranda Sawyer, quoting Andrew Fearn, “Sleaford Mods: ‘The UK is like a crazy golf course – all we’ve got left are landmarks’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The penis; dick.
A contemptible person; a dick.
synonyms: word: knobhead
word: knobber
word: assbucket
word: asshat
word: asshole
word: assmonkey
word: assmouth
word: assmunch
word: assmuncher
word: assbreath
word: assbag
word: asshead
word: assface
word: asstard
word: assfaggot
word: assfag
word: assfuck
word: asscunt
word: assfucker
word: assweed
word: asswipe
word: bag of dicks
word: ball sack
word: bastard
word: berk
word: blackguard
word: buttface
word: butthead
word: buttmunch
word: buttmuncher
word: choad
word: chunk-blower
word: cock gobbler
word: cock-knocker
word: cockmunch
word: cockmuncher
word: cockweasel
word: cockwad
word: cockhead
word: cockface
word: cockwaffle
word: cockwipe
word: cockshit
word: cockbag
word: cocksack
word: cocksucker
word: cocksuck
word: cockbreath
word: cockfag
word: cockfuck
word: cockfucker
word: cullion
word: cumbucket
word: cum guzzler
word: cumrag
word: cumstain
word: cunt
word: cuntard
word: cuntass
word: cuntbag
word: cuntbitch
word: cuntbreath
word: cuntbucket
word: cuntface
word: cunthead
word: cuntmuffin
word: cuntlicker
word: cuntbiscuit
word: cuntfuck
word: cuntfucker
word: cuntlapper
word: cunt muncher
word: cuntrag
word: cuntshit
word: cuntstain
word: cuntsucker
word: cuntwad
word: cuntwipe
word: cuntwaffle
word: cuntweasel
word: cuntweed
word: cuntwhacker
word: dick
word: dickass
word: dickbag
word: dickbiscuit
word: dickbreath
word: dickbucket
word: dickface
word: dickfuck
word: dickfucker
word: dickhead
word: dicklicker
word: dick munch
word: dick muncher
word: dicknose
word: dicknut
word: dicksack
word: dickshit
word: dickstain
word: dickster
word: dicksucker
word: dicktard
word: dickwad
word: dickweasel
word: dickweed
word: dillweed
word: dirtbag
word: dirthead
word: dirtwad
word: douche
word: douchebag
word: douche boat
word: doucheburger
word: douchecanoe
word: douchelord
word: douche nozzle
word: douchewad
word: douchewagon
word: fag
word: faggot
word: faggotface
word: fuck
word: fuckball
word: fuckchop
word: fucker
word: fucknozzle
word: fucktrumpet
word: fuckoid
word: fuckrod
word: fuckweed
word: fuckwit
word: fuckhead
word: fuckface
word: fuckstick
word: fuckstain
word: fuckster
word: fuckskull
word: fuckshit
word: fuckweasel
word: fuckwaffle
word: fuckbag
word: fuckbucket
word: fucknose
word: fucktard
word: fuckmuffin
word: fuckmitten
word: git
word: hosebag
word: jackass
word: jackoff
word: jagoff
word: jagweed
word: jerk
word: jerkball
word: jerko
word: jerkoff
word: jerkwad
word: jerkweed
word: jitbag
word: jizzbag
word: knob-gobbler
word: knob polisher
word: lowlife
word: meanie
word: nark
word: paddock
word: penishead
word: piece of crap
word: piece of garbage
word: piece of junk
word: piece of shit
word: pile of crap
word: pile of shit
word: piece of trash
word: piece of work
word: pig
word: pissface
word: pisspot
word: prick
word: prickhead
word: prickface
word: prickwad
word: pukeball
word: pukestain
word: pussybreath
word: sack of shit
word: schmuck
word: scoundrel
word: scum
word: scumbag
word: scumbreath
word: scumbug
word: scumbutt
word: scumface
word: scumfuck
word: scumhead
word: scumhole
word: scumlord
word: scuzz
word: scuzzball
word: scuzzbucket
word: scuzzoid
word: shitass
word: shitball
word: shitbag
word: shit bird
word: shitcunt
word: shitbreath
word: shitbucket
word: shitcock
word: shitdick
word: shiteater
word: shitguzzler
word: shithook
word: shitlicker
word: shitpot
word: shitrag
word: shithead
word: shitlord
word: shitsack
word: shitface
word: shitwad
word: shitheap
word: shitstain
word: shitheel
word: shitgibbon
word: shitgoblin
word: shitneck
word: shitnuts
word: shitnugget
word: shitfuck
word: shitfucker
word: shitmuncher
word: sleaze
word: sleazeball
word: sleazebag
word: sleazebucket
word: sleazehole
word: sleazewad
word: slimebucket
word: slimeface
word: slimehole
word: slimewad
word: snotbag
word: snotball
word: snotface
word: snothead
word: snotwad
word: sourhead
word: squib
word: tool
word: tosser
word: tosspot
word: undesirable
word: vonce
word: wanker
word: weasel
word: wet wipe
examples: text: A hot and strong sexual odour emanated from her fanny. I extended my head and pressed my nose between her lips. I pushed my tongue into her crack and lapped up the juices. [...] Then I moved up and grasped her long clitoris in my lips and began to suck and play with it with my tongue. She thrashed around, sometimes grasping my head with her thighs, sometimes opening her legs as wide as she could, pushing my away while gripping my head in her hands and urging me on. Through it all I kept my grip on her knob until her orgasm began to subside.
ref: 2009 July, Angela Meadows, The Education of Victoria, Headline, →ISBN:
text: He was seriously talented, and his fingers were now sliding back and forth over her wet knob, and she was losing her mind. Almost gasping for air from the pleasure, she felt the undeniable need for her release. […] Then his fingers quickened their strokes against her swollen rose bud, […]
ref: 2011 April, Angelica Rose, Labyrinth of Passions, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 133:
glosses: The clitoris.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2001, David Joachim, The Clever Cook's Kitchen Handbook:
glosses: A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.
glosses: A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.
examples: text: Males voices, raised in anger, screamed at an unseen freshman. One voice demanded to know the rank on each jacket. “Hey, smack, what rank is this cadet uniform? Answer me, knob! Don’t you know, knob? What’s wrong, are you stupid, knob? For the first time since arriving at The Citadel, I fought to keep back tears. Exhausted from an hour of nonstop harassment, I was caught off guard by the sound of a boy sobbing behind me.
ref: 2002 September, Nancy Mace, Mary Jane Ross, In the Company of Men: A Woman at the Citadel, page 44:
text: “You went to The Citadel?” her mother chimed in. “I’ve heard so many great things about that institution. Did you go through a plebe year?” I told her I did and that we called it the knob year because freshman cadets had to shave their heads bald to resemble the butt end of a door knob and keep it that way for an entire ten months while going through the process of being broken down, only to be built back up.
ref: 2018 October, Joe Crochet, My Winning Seasons: Discovering the Champion Within, page 3:
text: Day 1 at the South Carolina Military Academy is filled with the academy’s trademarks - the Guidon, the five basic commands, and a knob haircut.
ref: 2021 June, James Wigfall, Standing Tall:
glosses: A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
Derived terms: bedknob
Brodie knob
Brody knob
door knob
doorknob
Dorset knob
drawerknob
drawknob
gearknob
gear knob
ginger knob
granny knob
knob and tube
knob-and-tube
knobber
knobbish
knobble
knobby
knob celery
knob cheese
knob end
knob-end
knob-gobbler
knobhead
knob head
knobheaded
knob job
knob jockey
knob-jockey
Knob Lake
knobless
knoblet
knoblike
knob lock
knob mudalia
knob of butter
knobology
knob polisher
knob rot
knobstick
knob-thatcher
knobthorn
knobtwat
knob-twiddler
knob twiddler
knobweed
necker knob
necker's knob
rivet knob
scob someone's knob
spinner knob
steering wheel spinner knob
suicide knob
surfer's knob