nob

See also:Nob,Nob.,andNOB

Translingual

Symbol

nob

1. (international standards)ISO 639-2&ISO 639-3language codeforNorwegian Bokmål.

English

Etymology

Pronunciation spellingofknob.

Nobleman sense fromwhite-nob(“white-head”)(18th century), referring to the powdered wigs used by those having or affecting upper middle-class status.

Pronunciation

• (UK)enPR:nŏb,IPA^(key):/nɒb/
• (US)enPR:nŏb,IPA^(key):/nɑb/

• Audio(General Australian):

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• Homophone:knob
• Rhymes:-ɒb

Noun

nob(pluralnobs)

1. (now only inslang)Thehead.

   Jack and Jill went up the hill / to fetch a pail of water; / Jack fell down and broke his crown / and Jill came tumbling after. / Up Jack got and home did trot, / as fast as he could caper, / to old Dame Dob / to mend hisnob/ with vinegar and brown paper.

2. (cribbage)Ajackof the samesuitas thecardturned up by thedealer.(See alsonibs.)

   One for hisnob.

3. (slang)Theglans penis,the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of thepenis.(Also spelledknob.)
4. (by extension)(vulgar,slang,chieflyUK,Ireland)Thepenis;dick.(Also spelledknob.)
5. (by extension,derogatory)Acontemptibleperson;dick.(Also spelledknob.)
   • (Can wedatethis quote?),Philip Mumby,Halfway House,page85:

     Col wasn’t impressed with Dick’s patronising comments and turned his back and rolled his eyes whilst at the same time mumbling “Fuckingnob,Dick by name Dick by nature” under his breath.

   • 2012,Laura J. Harris,Splintered,page40:

     Christine would help Kelly with her submission so she didn’t look like a completenob!And in exchange Kelly would introduce and talk Christine through some of her artistic works: giving her a personal guided tour from her earliest through to her latest pieces.

   • 2019July 30, Elisa Braden,A Kiss from a Rogue:

     I was in a garden[…]A place no bloodynobcould take away

6. (slang,chieflyUK,Ireland)Awealthyorinfluentialperson; atoff.
   • 1989,Richard Curtis,Ben Elton,Blackadder Goes Forth:

     The masses have risen up and shot all theirnobs.

Derived terms

• his nob
• pitch the nob

Translations

slang: head

• Bulgarian:кратуна(bg)f(kratuna),тиква(bg)f(tikva)
• Finnish:nuppi(fi),päänuppi(fi)
• Hungarian:kobak(hu),búra(hu)
• Korean:please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese:mona(pt)f
• Russian:башка́(ru)f(bašká)

jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer

• Portuguese:trunfom

slang: glans penis

• Finnish:mutteri(fi)
• Persian:[script needed](kalle kiri)
• Portuguese:ponta(pt)f
• Russian: (anatomy)голо́вка полово́го чле́на(ru)(golóvka polovóvo čléna),(vulgar)залу́па(ru)(zalúpa)

a wealthy or influential person; a toff

• Bulgarian:големец(bg)m(golemec)
• Finnish:iso kiho,kiho(fi),isokenkäinen(fi)
• Hungarian:előkelőség(hu),uraság(hu)
• Russian:ши́шка(ru)f(šíška)

Verb

nob(third-person singular simple presentnobs,present participlenobbing,simple past and past participlenobbed)

1. (informal)To hit in thehead

Anagrams

• Bön,BNO,Bon,BN(O),BoN,BON

Nobiin

Group of Nubians

Alternative forms

• ⲛⲟⲃ(nob)

Etymology

FromOld Nubianⳟⲟⲡ(ŋop).

Adjective

nob

1. Nubian

References

• Browne, Gerald M.(1996)Old Nubian Dictionary,University of Virginia: In Aedibus Peeters,→ISBN,page203

Wolof

Pronunciation

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Verb

nob

1. tolove

Conjugation

Conjugation ofnob

	Present	Imperfect	Pluperfect	Future
1st s.	damaynob	damadoonnob	noboonnaa	dinaanob
2nd s.	dangaynob	dangadoonnob	noboonnga	dinganob
3rd s.	dafaynob	dafadoonnob	noboonna	dinanob
1st p.	dañuynob	dañudoonnob	noboonnañu	dinañunob
2nd p.	dangeennob	dangeendoonnob	noboonngeen	dingeennob
3rd p.	deñuynob	deñudoonnob	noboonnañu	dinañunob
Imperative
singular	nobal!
plural	nobleen!