knob

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

poignée

pommeau

bouton

bosse

anse

enflure

protubérance

pomme

zob

nœud

oreille

boule

boulette

manivelle

crosse

manche

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/nɒb/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.