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KNOB
knob
(noun) a round handle
knob, boss
(noun) a circular rounded projection or protuberance
knob, pommel
(noun) an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
node, knob, thickening
(noun) any thickened enlargement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
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.
(slang, mostly, in the plural) A woman's breast.
(vulgar, slang, chiefly, UK) The 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.
A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.
Synonyms
• See also penis
Verb
knob (third-person singular simple present knobs, present participle knobbing, simple past and past participle knobbed)
(British, slang, vulgar, of a man) To have sex with.
Synonyms
• dick, get up in, schlong; see also copulate with
Anagrams
• Bonk, bonk
Source: Wiktionary
Knob, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: See Knop. Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key.
Knob, v. i.
Definition: To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.] Drant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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