1 a round switch on a machine such as a television that you use to turn it on and off, etc:
the volume control knob
2 a round handle on a door or a drawer
3 a round lump on the surface or end of sth
4 (especially BrE) a small lump of sth such as butter
5 (BrE, !!!, slang) a PENIS
IDIOMS
with knobs on (BrE, slang) used to say that sth is a more complicated version of what you mention:
It isn't art-it's just a horror movie with knobs on!
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for knob is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is knob a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, knob is tagged as noun.
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