Nob

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Slang The human head.
  • n. The jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer in cribbage, scoring one point for the holder.
  • n. Chiefly British Slang A person of wealth or social standing: "The nobs were forever snubbing the snobsā€ ( Conor Cruise O'Brien).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a wealthy or influential person; a toff
  • n. the head (somewhat archaic) Used in one version of the Nursery Rhyme: 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.
  • n. a jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer
  • n. The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (also spelled knob)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The head.
  • n. A person in a superior position in life; a nobleman.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The head.
  • n. In gunnery, the plate under the swing-bed for the head of an elevating-screw.
  • n. Same as knobstick, 2.
  • n. A point counted in the game of cribbage for holding the knave of trumps.
  • To beat: strike.
  • n. A member of the aristocracy; a swell.
  • n. An abbreviation of nobis.
  • n. In cribbage, the jack of the same suit as the starter held in either hand or crib.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
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    blo    jimdandy    hill-slope    cust    ill-satisfied    corker    bijou    setout    weald    worn-out