Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person of wealth or social standing.
- noun Slang The human head.
- noun The jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer in cribbage, scoring one point for the holder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To beat: strike.
- noun A member of the aristocracy; a swell.
- noun The head.
- noun In gunnery, the plate under the swing-bed for the head of an elevating-screw.
- noun Same as
knobstick , 2. - noun A point counted in the game of cribbage for holding the knave of trumps.
- noun An abbreviation of
nobis . - noun In cribbage, the jack of the same suit as the starter held in either hand or crib.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Low The head.
- noun Slang A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun slang, chiefly UK a
wealthy orinfluential person; atoff - noun slang the
head (somewhat archaic) Used in one version of the Nursery Rhyme: 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 his nob, with vinegar and brown paper. - noun cribbage a
jack of the samesuit as thecard turned up by thedealer - noun slang The
glans penis , the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of thepenis . (also spelledknob )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The term nob is an old fashioned term for a socially exalted person. "
British Blogs 2009
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Thats the fatherless who called my nob smal when i was on the RTI stage of THEM, didnt break me though.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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I love cooking, worked my way through Jamie Oliver's books (and still have no idea what a "nob" of butter is), worship Ruth Reichl, and find myself somehow counter-intuitively glued to the Food Network while at the gym.
Sophie Brickman: One Millenial Speaks Out: Why I'm Enrolling in Culinary School 2008
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"Yo 'nob'but served him right, I'm thinkin'," said the Master.
Bob, Son of Battle Alfred Ollivant 1900
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He wuz po ', too, an' nob'dy tuck much notuss uv him, jes 'call him' dat 'ar ol'
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) Various 1887
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That referred to my relative, who was always counted a "nob" in the village.
My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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If she had been "hand and glove" with a "nob" from her own country -- she was in no way reticent about thus styling her grander acquaintances, only she wrote the word "knob" -- who thought to conceal his nationality by
The Uninhabited House Mrs. J. H. Riddell 1869
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A person of high birth is colloquially referred to as a "nob"
Chelsea Blog 2010
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Lib Dem councillor refuses to apologise for calling mayor a "nob"
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Lib Dem councillor refuses to apologise for calling mayor a "nob"
British Blogs 2009
johnmperry commented on the word nob
also, head
as in "One for his nob"
July 24, 2008