knob

Significado (Inglés)

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. A prominent rounded hill.
7. (slang) A woman's breast.
8. (slang) The penis; dick.
9. (slang) The penis; dick.
10. (slang) 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. (slang) A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.

Verb

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

Conceptos

pomo

tuberosidad

tubérculo

perilla

botón

tirador

mango

buche

bulto

córcova

giba

joroba

acné

barro

grano

asa

nudo

puño

mando

engrosamiento

protuberancia

hinchazón

astil

empuñadura

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/nɒb/

Etimología (Inglés)

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 *knuttô (“knot”).
Cognate with Dutch knob, knobbel (“knob”), German Knubbe, Knubbel (“knob”). See also knop.