nob

See also: Nob, Nob., and NOB

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Norwegian Bokmål.

Symbol

nob

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Norwegian Bokmål.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Norwegian Bokmål terms

English

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of knob.

Nobleman sense from white-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 (plural nobs)

1. (now only in slang) The head.

   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.

   • 1870 [1821], Pierce Egan, Life in London, London: Chatto and Windus, page 261:

     "What a deep covey!" said a greasy butcher with his mouth open, a red night-cap on his nob, and pointing towards Jacco Maccacco.

2. (cribbage) A jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer.

   Synonym: nibs

   One for his nob.

3. (slang) The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.)
4. (by extension) (vulgar, slang, chiefly UK, Ireland) The penis; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
5. (by extension, derogatory) A contemptible person; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Philip Mumby, Halfway House, page 85:

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

   • 2012, Laura J. Harris, Splintered, page 40:

     Christine would help Kelly with her submission so she didn’t look like a complete nob! 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.

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

     I was in a garden […] A place no bloody nob could take away

6. (slang, chiefly UK, Ireland) A wealthy or influential person; a toff.
   • 1989, Richard Curtis, Ben Elton, Blackadder Goes Forth:

     The masses have risen up and shot all their nobs.

7. Obsolete form of knob (“rounded protuberance”).
   • 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:

     He spoke with a lisp, occasioned by the loss of two of his large front teeth, which allowed the tongue as he talked to appear through the opening in a round nob like a raspberry.

Derived terms

• Bald Nob
• his nob
• nobbish
• nobby
• nobhead
• pitch the nob

Translations

slang: head

• Bulgarian: кратуна (bg) f (kratuna), тиква (bg) f (tikva)
• Czech: budka (cs) f, kokos m
• 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: trunfo m

slang: glans penis

• Czech: žalud (cs) m
• Finnish: mutteri (fi)
• Indonesian: palkon
• 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)
• Czech: hlavoun (cs) m, zazobanec m, velké zvíře (cs)
• Finnish: iso kiho, kiho (fi), isokenkäinen (fi)
• Hungarian: előkelőség (hu), uraság (hu)
• Russian: ши́шка (ru) f (šíška)

Verb

nob (third-person singular simple present nobs, present participle nobbing, simple past and past participle nobbed)

1. (slang, transitive) To hit in the head.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1913) [1873], The Slang Dictionary, page 237

Anagrams

• Bön, BNO, Bon, BN(O), BoN, BON

Nobiin

Group of Nubians

Alternative forms

• ⲛⲟⲃ (nob)

Etymology

From Old Nubian ⳟⲟⲡ (ŋop).

Adjective

nob

1. Nubian

References

• Browne, Gerald M. (1996), Old Nubian Dictionary, University of Virginia: In Aedibus Peeters, →ISBN, page 203

Wolof

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

nob

1. to love

Conjugation

Conjugation of nob

	present	imperfect	pluperfect	future
1st person singular	damay nob	dama doon nob	noboon naa	dinaa nob
2nd person singular	dangay nob	danga doon nob	noboon nga	dinga nob
3rd person singular	dafay nob	dafa doon nob	noboon na	dina nob
1st person plural	dañuy nob	dañu doon nob	noboon nañu	dinañu nob
2nd person plural	dangeen nob	dangeen doon nob	noboon ngeen	dingeen nob
3rd person plural	deñuy nob	deñu doon nob	noboon nañu	dinañu nob
	imperative
singular	nobal!
plural	nobleen!