Definition of "nob" in English

noun

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.

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

   • 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.)

6. (slang, chiefly UK, Ireland) A wealthy or influential person; a toff.

7. Obsolete form of knob (“rounded protuberance”).

verb

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