Knobs

Word KNOBS
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Definitions and meanings of "Knobs"

What do we mean by knobs?

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

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

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 prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.

A prominent rounded hill.

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

The penis.

The head of the penis; the glans.

(by analogy with above) A contemptible person.

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

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

A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.

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The word "knobs" in example sentences

It was old, but we were optimistic: we had the wooden floors done, I stenciled my bedroom with pale pink roses, and painted an old dresser, and put pretty porcelain knobs on it. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Unscrewing all of the knobs from the kitchen cabinets and hiding them all over the kitchen is not going to make me more willing to show you what is in the cupboard under the sink. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The cabinets used to have little white porcelain knobs and pulls on them, but we replaced them with brushed nickel to modernize the kitchen. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A few years ago, a request for monkfish, cod or skate cheeks (they are sometimes referred to as knobs) might have elicited a slightly odd look from your fishmonger, but thanks to an increased demand for them from the restaurant industry, they are slightly easier to get hold of these days. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Orion's boyhood was spent in that wee little log hamlet of Jamestown up there among the "knobs" -- so called -- of East Tennessee. ❋ Mark Twain (1872)

What happens to it after it gets to the world and the people that turn the knobs is another deal completely. ❋ Mike Ragogna (2012)

At The Citadel, first-year students, called knobs, are closely supervised every waking minute. ❋ Myra David Sadker (2003)

The Swarmatron, in the center of the room, had a pitch ribbon and a swarm ribbon, and an array of unlabelled knobs and switches, which Brian began manipulating in a way that produced something that your own first cousin once removed might recognize as music. ❋ Nick Paumgarten (2011)

Only complaints are that the knobs are a bit cheap feeling and the stock pickups aren't very good. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Twiddling the knobs will be The Tide and The Current production team of ❋ Unknown (2010)

The knobs are a little touchy though, it seems as if the smallest movement changes the tone a lot. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Green said the wooly twinpod mustard plant only grows in scoria knobs, which is a rare habitat and difficult to start growing in.

One use for the large maxillary "knobs" on some large pterosaur skulls could be to push rotten flesh out of the way as the pterosaur poked its snout deeper to eat nutritious organs like the liver. ❋ Peter Bond (2009)

The "knobs" may sit at the dinner table, but their chief task is to keep upperclassmen's water glasses constantly filled-even while the seniors hurl insults at them. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If she was to become the first female member of the corps of cadets in the school's 152-year history, she had to be treated just the same as the other "knobs," as first-year students at the Charleston, S.C., military school are called. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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