Knob Definition
nŏb
knobs
noun
knobs
A rounded lump or protuberance.
Webster's New World
A handle, usually round, of a door, drawer, etc.
Webster's New World
A similar device which is turned to control operations of electronic or electrical equipment, as a radio or TV receiver.
Webster's New World
A rounded control switch or dial.
American Heritage
A rounded hill or mountain; knoll.
Webster's New World
verb
knobs
(UK, slang, vulgar, of a man) To have sex with.
Wiktionary
idiom
with knobs on
- in an extreme or more emphatic way
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Knob
Noun
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Origin of Knob
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From Middle English knobbe, from Middle Low German knobbe, knoppe (“a knot in wood”), from Proto-Germanic *knuppô (“lump, clod”), from Proto-Indo-European *gneub-, *gneup- (“to press, crush”). Cognate with Dutch knop (“button, knob”), German Knopf (“button, knob”), Swedish knopp (“knob”), Old English cnoppa (“knob”). See also knop.
From Wiktionary
Middle English knobbe from Middle Low German knot in wood
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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