toff, nob
(noun) informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nob (plural nobs)
(now only in slang) The head.
(cribbage) a jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer. (see also nibs)
(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.)
(slang, chiefly, British) a wealthy or influential person; a toff
nob (third-person singular simple present nobs, present participle nobbing, simple past and past participle nobbed)
(informal) To hit in the head
• BN(O), BNO, BON, Bon, Bön
Nob
(Biblical) A place, north of Jerusalem, where the inhabitants were massacred by Saul.
• BN(O), BNO, BON, Bon, Bön
Source: Wiktionary
Nob, n. Etym: [Cf. Knob.]
Definition: The head. [Low]
Nob, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. noble.]
Definition: A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
