Definition of "knob" in English

noun

1. A rounded protuberance, especially one arising from a flat surface; a fleshy lump or caruncle.

2. A rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers.

3. A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.

4. A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.

5. A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.

6. (geography, chiefly Appalachia, Lancashire) A prominent rounded hill.

7. (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.

8. (slang) The penis; dick.

9. (vulgar, slang) The clitoris.

10. (cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter).

11. A chunky branch-like piece, especially of a ginger rhizome.

12. A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.

13. (slang, US) A freshman at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.

verb

1. (intransitive) protrude

2. (transitive) furnish or produce with a knob, knobble

3. (British, slang, vulgar, transitive, of a man) To have sex with.