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   knob

   /nɒb/

   noun

   • 1. a rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something. Similar lumpbumpprotuberanceprojectionprotrusionbulgeswellingknotnodenodulegnarlgrowthoutgrowthexcrescencecarbuncletumourbossstudballknopnubtechnical:umborare:tumescencenuggetnubnubblelumppatcakeballcubechunkdolloppiecebitportionwedgehunkbarslabgobbetinformal:wodgegob
   • ▪ a ball-shaped handle on a door or drawer. Similar doorknobhandledoor handlegrippull
   • ▪ a round button for adjusting or controlling a machine: "she fiddled with the knobs on the radio" Similar dialbuttonswitchon/off switchkey
   • ▪ a small lump of a substance: "add a knob of butter"
   • 2. a prominent round hill. North American
   • 3. a man's penis. vulgar slang
   • 4. a small flock of wigeon, pochard, or teal (ducks): rare "peacocks would have seemed but a knob of wigeons in comparison"

   verb

   • 1. (of a man) have sex with (someone). vulgar slang British

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Middle Low German knobbe ‘knot, knob, bud’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. knobbed adjective
   • 2. knobby adjective
   • 3. knoblike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • K

     5

   • N

     1

   • O

     1

   • B

     3

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