knob UK /nɒb/US /nɑb/noun 15verb 3forms 3phrases 1 noun15 •A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle. •A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand. •A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel. •A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers. •A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.Place whole, unpeeled knobs of ginger in a zipper-lock freezer bag for up to 3 months. Slice or break off what you need and return the rest to the freezer. — 2001 •A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves. •(slang, offensive) A contemptible person; a dick.[…] He must really hate those people!” my father said in an all-too audible aside to Mom. “I don’t hate them, you stupid knob!” Critch said. It’s you and your whole kind I hate!” — 2014 •(slang, vulgar) The penis; dick. •(slang, vulgar) The head of the penis; the glans. •A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter). •A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge. •(Appalachia) A prominent rounded hill.We climbed to the top of Slate Hill, the highest knob in our town, and Ricky gave me a whole talk on how slate formed, how it was and was not shale. — 2011 •[in the plural] (slang) A woman's breast. •(slang, vulgar) The clitoris. •(US, slang) A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.Day 1 at the South Carolina Military Academy is filled with the academy’s trademarks - the Guidon, the five basic commands, and a knob haircut. — 2021 verb3 •furnish or produce with a knob, knobble •(slang, vulgar) To have sex with.One morning, maybe three weeks after my last grapple with Penny, Thomson came roaring into our form room. ‘Oi, Fleming, you spastic. Guess who I knobbed last night?’ — 1995 •protrude formsknobbed · knobbing · knobs Phrases with knob ginger knobA male redhead; a ginger-haired male.