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Webster 1913 Edition
Nob
Nob
,Noun.
[Abbrev. fr.
noble
.] A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman.
[Slang]
Definition 2024
Nob
nob
nob
English
Noun
nob (plural nobs)
- (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.
- (cribbage) a jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer. (see also nibs)
- One for his nob.
- (slang) The glans ****, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the **** also known as the head of the ****. (Also spelled knob.)
- (slang, chiefly Britain) a wealthy or influential person; a toff
- (Can we date this quote?) Baldrick, Blackadder Goes Forth
- The masses have risen up and shot all their nobs.
- (Can we date this quote?) Baldrick, Blackadder Goes Forth
Translations
jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer
a wealthy or influential person; a toff
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Verb
nob (third-person singular simple present nobs, present participle nobbing, simple past and past participle nobbed)
- (informal) To hit in the head