knob

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.
2. A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.
3. A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.
4. A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
5. A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
6. (Appalachia) A prominent rounded hill.
7. (in-plural, slang) A woman's breast.
8. (slang) The penis; dick.
9. (broadly, derogatory, slang) The penis; dick.
10. (slang, vulgar) The clitoris.
11. A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).
12. A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.
13. A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.
14. (US, slang) A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.

Verb

1. (intransitive) protrude
2. (transitive) furnish or produce with a knob, knobble
3. (British, slang, transitive, vulgar) To have sex with.

Έννοιες

προεξοχή

καρούμπαλο

πόμολο

εξόγκωμα

λαβή

όζος

βωλαράκι

κουμπί χειρισμού

κόμβος

κουμπί ραδιόφωνου

οίδημα

ρόζος

Συνώνυμα

handle

button

bump

protuberance

lump

node

knot

🪢

pommel

grip

boss

gnarl

swelling

tuber

haft

switch

excrescence

thickening

hilt

nub

hammer

🔨

gavel

bulge

doorknob

stud

prominence

hump

protrusion

tumour

nob

mall

mallet

knurl

lever

head

ball

nodule

maul

nipple

wart

beetle

🪲

pimple

bunch

blotch

extrusion

knop

knoll

edema

bend

attic

kink

Μεταφράσεις

Knopf

Knauf

manopola

poignée

Griff

Knoten

🪢

knobbel

pommeau

knoest

bouton

pomo

Beule

Knolle

💡

heft

knol

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/nɒb/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: knobbe

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: knob

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: Knubbe

In summary

From Middle English knobbe, from Middle Low German knobbe (“knob; knot in wood”), probably via Old Saxon from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), one of several kn- words related to *knudaną (“to knead”).
Cognate with Dutch knob, knobbel (“knob”), German Knubbe, Knubbel (“knob”). See also knop. For the sense of a rounded hill, see nab and knab.