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knob noun [ nɒb ]

• a rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something.
Similar: lump, bump, protuberance, projection, protrusion, bulge, swelling, knot, node, nodule, gnarl, growth, outgrowth, excrescence, carbuncle, tumour, boss, stud, ball, knop, nub, umbo, tumescence, nugget, nubble, pat, cake, cube, chunk, dollop, piece, bit, portion, wedge, hunk, bar, slab, gobbet, wodge, gob,
• a prominent round hill.
• a man's penis.
• a small flock of wigeon, pochard, or teal (ducks).
• "peacocks would have seemed but a knob of wigeons in comparison"

knob verb

• (of a man) have sex with (someone).
Origin: late Middle English: from Middle Low German knobbe ‘knot, knob, bud’.

with knobs on

• and something more.
"it is the rock 'n' roll statement with knobs on"



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