What does knob mean?
Definitions for knob
nɒbknob
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Princeton's WordNet
knob, bossnoun
a circular rounded projection or protuberance
knobnoun
a round handle
node, knob, thickeningnoun
any thickened enlargement
knob, pommelnoun
an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
Wiktionary
knobnoun
A rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch.
knobnoun
A prominent rounded hill.
knobnoun
A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
knobnoun
A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
knobnoun
A penis.
knobnoun
A contemptible person.
knobnoun
A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter)
knobverb
To have sex with.
Etymology: From knobbe, from knobbe, knoppe, from knuppô, from gneub-. Cognate with knop, Knopf, knopp, cnoppa. See also knop.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
KNOBnoun
A protuberance, any part bluntly rising above the rest.
Etymology: cnæp, Saxon; knoop, Dutch.
Just before the entrance of the right auricle of the heart is a remarkable knob or bunch, raised up from the subjacent fat; by the interposition whereof the blood falling down by the descending vein is diverted into the auricle. John Ray.
ChatGPT
knob
A knob is a rounded handle or control switch found on doors, drawers, cabinets or electronic equipment, designed for gripping and turning. It can also refer to a protruding part or piece in certain mechanisms.
Webster Dictionary
Knobnoun
a hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone
Knobnoun
a knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer
Knobnoun
a rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob
Knobnoun
see Knop
Knobverb
to grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed
Etymology: [A modification of knop. Cf. Nob.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Knob
nob, n. a hard protuberance: a hard swelling: a round ball.—adj. Knobbed, containing or set with knobs.—n. Knob′biness.—adj. Knob′by, full of knobs: knotty.—n. Knob′stick (slang), a synonym for a blackleg or scab in trades-union slang. [Knop.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
knob
An officer; perhaps from the Scotch term knabbie, the lower class of gentry.
Rap Dictionary
knobnoun
Another term for penis or dick. "Slob on my knob. Like corn on the cob." -- Three 6 Mafia (Slob On My Knob)
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
KNOB
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Knob is ranked #121590 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Knob surname appeared 142 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Knob.
95.7% or 136 total occurrences were White.
4.2% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of knob in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of knob in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of knob in a Sentence
Jordan Spieth was always my hero growing up and watching Jordan Spieth, back then we had antennas and a little turn-knob TV. We only had four or five channels back home. The only time I could get to watch Jordan Spieth was when Jordan Spieth played major championships. And the majority of time Jordan Spieth was playing in those tournaments when Jordan Spieth was in Jordan Spieth peak and Jordan Spieth was dominating.
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The idea with our founder and CEO was to really change the game a little bit. Instead of controlling sound with turning a knob or a fader, really to move with it and give the audience something they can see and feel.
Don't you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work.
I tried to knock on the basement door, but the gate was n’t open. Then I walked up the steps to the main door and knocked for, like, 10 minutes. And I ’m knocking, knocking, nobody’s answering. But after a while, I just touched the door knob, and the door was open. I walked in and I ’m in White House, by Olivia Nuzzi, so I tookthis photoof the quote on a wall. I peered around but I did n’t walk fully into White House.
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