knob

[nob] /nɒb/
noun
1.
a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like.
2.
a rounded lump or protuberance on the surface or at the end of something, as a knot on a tree trunk.
3.
Architecture. an ornamental boss, as of carved work.
4.
a rounded hill, mountain, or elevation on a ridge.
verb (used with object), knobbed, knobbing.
5.
to produce a knob on.
6.
to furnish with a knob.
7.
(in stone cutting) to knock off (excess stone) preparatory to dressing; knobble; skiffle.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English knobbe < Middle Low German
Related forms
knoblike, adjective
Can be confused
knob, nob.
Examples from the web for knob
  • By turning the knob on its hilt, it transforms him back into the sentinel knight.
  • The itasca terrain is sometimes referred to as knob and kettle.
British Dictionary definitions for knob

knob

/nɒb/
noun
1.
a rounded projection from a surface, such as a lump on a tree trunk
2.
a handle of a door, drawer, etc, esp one that is rounded
3.
a round hill or knoll or morainic ridge
4.
(Brit, taboo) a slang word for penis
5.
(Brit, informal) and the same to you with knobs on, and the same to you with brass knobs on, the same to you but even more so
verb knobs, knobbing, knobbed
6.
(transitive) to supply or ornament with knobs
7.
(intransitive) to form into a knob; bulge
8.
(Brit, taboo) to have sexual intercourse with (someone)
Derived Forms
knobby, adjective
knoblike, adjective
Word Origin
C14: from Middle Low German knobbe knot in wood; see knop
Word Origin and History for knob
n.

late 14c., knobe, probably from a Scandinavian or German source (cf. Middle Low German knobbe "knob," Middle Dutch cnoppe, Dutch knop, Old Frisian knopp, knapp, Old High German knopf, German Knopf "button," Old Norse knyfill "short horn"). Meaning "knoll, isolated round hill" is first recorded 1640s, especially in U.S.

knob in Science
knob
  (nŏb)   
A prominent, rounded hill or mountain.
Slang definitions & phrases for knob

knob

noun
  1. The head: Can you get that through your ugly knob? (1725+)
  2. A despised person; dork, jerk, prick: Don't they know what a knob he is? (1990s+)

[knob, ''penis,'' was British use in the 1800s, according to Tony Thorne]