1. A round handle
   "He turned the knob to open the door"
    
2. A circular rounded projection or protuberance
   "The bedpost was topped with a carved wooden knob";
   - boss
    
3. A localized swelling, enlargement, or bulge in an otherwise uniform structure, especially in anatomy or botany
   "The knob at the end of the bone was inflamed";
   - node, thickening
    
4. An ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
   "The knight's sword had a jewelled knob";
   - pommel
    
5. (geography) a prominent rounded hill
   "The hikers could see the knob in the distance"
    
6. [Brit, vulgar, offensive] Insulting term of address for people who are stupid, irritating or ridiculous
    
7. [Brit, vulgar] Obscene term for penis
   "The comedian's joke about his knob made the audience laugh uncomfortably";

1. Have sexual intercourse
   - sleep together, love, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it [informal], be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed [informal], get it on [informal]

Sounds like: knits, nknob

Derived forms: knobbed, knobbing, knobs

Type of: convex shape, convexity, copulate, couple, decoration, disagreeable person, grip, handgrip, handle, hold, mate, member, ornament, ornamentation, pair, penis, phallus, projection, unpleasant person

Part of: hilt

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