Knob vs. Snob

Knobnoun

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

Knobnoun

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

Knobnoun

A ball-shaped part of a handle, lever, etc., designed to be grabbed by the hand.

Knobnoun

A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.

Knobnoun

A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.

Knobnoun

(geography) A prominent rounded hill.

Knobnoun

(plural) (slang) Breasts.

Knobnoun

A penis.

Knobnoun

The head of the penis; the glans.

Knobnoun

A contemptible person.

Knobnoun

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

Knobnoun

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

Knobnoun

A bulb of the garlic plant consisting of multiple cloves.

Knobverb

To have sex with.

Knobnoun

A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

Knobnoun

A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.

Knobnoun

A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob.

Knobnoun

See Knop.

Knobverb

To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.

Knobnoun

a circular rounded projection or protuberance

Knobnoun

a round handle

Knobnoun

any thickened enlargement

Knobnoun

an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger

Knobnoun

a rounded lump or ball, especially at the end or on the surface of something.

Knobnoun

a ball-shaped handle on a door or drawer.

Knobnoun

a round button for adjusting or controlling a machine

Knobnoun

a small lump of a substance

Knobnoun

a prominent round hill.

Knobnoun

a man's penis.

Knobnoun

a small flock of wigeon, pochard, or teal (ducks)

Knobverb

(of a man) have sexual intercourse with (someone).

Snobnoun

A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes.

Snobnoun

(colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker.

Snobnoun

(dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner.

Snobnoun

(archaic) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, or who will not join a strike.

Snobnoun

(Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.

Snobnoun

A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors.

Snobnoun

A townsman.

Snobnoun

A journeyman shoemaker.

Snobnoun

A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick.

Snobnoun

a person regarded as arrogant and annoying

Snob

Snob is a pejorative term for a person who believes there is a correlation between social status (including physical appearance) and human worth. Snob also refers to a person who feels superiority over those from lower social classes, education levels, or other social areas.