n.
- a rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something.
▸a ball-shaped handle on a door or drawer.
▸a round button on a machine.
- a small lump of something:
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a knob of butter.
- chiefly N. Amer. a prominent round hill.
- vulgar slang a man's penis.
v.
(knobs, knobbing, knobbed)
Brit. vulgar slang (of a man) have sex with.
Phrase
- with
(brass)
knobs on
Brit. informal and something more, used especially for returning an insult.
Derivative
- knobbed adj.
- knobby adj.
- knob-like adj.
Etymology
ME: from Mid. Low Ger. knobbe ‘knot, knob, bud’.
