English Explanatory Dictionary

nob

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The head.
  2. A jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer.
  3. The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.)
  4. (vulgar, slang, chiefly UK, Ireland) The penis; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
  5. A contemptible person; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
  6. A wealthy or influential person; a toff.
  7. Obsolete form of knob (“rounded protuberance”).
verb
  1. To hit in the head.
name
  1. A place, north of Jerusalem, whose inhabitants were massacred by Saul.

Pronunciation

nŏb /nɒb/ /nɑb/ En-au-nob.ogg

Word forms

nob nobs nobbing nobbed

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of knob. Nobleman sense from white-nob (“white-head”) (18th century), referring to the powdered wigs used by those having or affecting upper middle-class status.

Synonyms

nibs

Derived words

Bald Nob his nob nobbish nobby nobhead pitch the nob
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