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Word entry · 4 letters

knob

Best crossword clue

"Round handle"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /nɒb/Part of speech nounSorted bknoStarts with KEnds with B1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Round handle, lump, or projecting part.

Word origin

From Middle English knobbe, from Middle Low German knobbe (“knob, knot in wood, bud”), probably ultimately from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), one of several kn- words related to *knudaną (“to knead”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • Arthur slammed his fist down on the table so hard, the cup jumped, spilling coffee. The rotten bastard means to have the guvnor’s guts. That fucking knob has never been on a live deployment in his entire life.[…]
  • […] 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!”

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