Происходит от среднеанглийского knobbe, родственного средненижненемецкому knubbe, с основной идеей округлого комка или выступающей формы. Значения ручки и холма естественно выросли из этой формы, а грубые сленговые значения появились позже через телесное сравнение и оскорбление.
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Что означает knob?
Обычно это небольшая круглая ручка или регулятор, но слово также может означать бугорок, округлый холм или грубое британское сленговое слово.
Произносится ли k в knob?
Нет. В knob начальная k не произносится.
Knob это грубое слово?
В значении ручки или бугорка оно нейтральное. В британском сленге оно может быть грубым или оскорбительным.
Что такое knob на двери?
Это круглая дверная ручка, с помощью которой открывают или закрывают дверь.
Чем knob отличается от handle?
Knob обычно маленькая и круглая ручка. Handle шире по значению и может иметь разную форму.
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Wise Hippo
Jul 14
The butter one sounds cosy, like something from an old recipe book
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Brisk Narwhal
Jul 12
me enteré tarde de que knob también era insulto en UK, cuidado con los memes
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Misty Seal
Jul 12
In school in India we were told knob for radio, but for phone settings nobody says knob na, say control or slider
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Onyx Eagle
Jul 10
the silent k got me for years. kn-ob looked so reasonable in my head
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Perky Heron
Jul 8
as an American I only knew the door one, British tv made this word way more dangerous lol
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Early Quokka
Jul 1
A Dorset knob is a real biscuit from Dorset, not somebody spelling door knob weirdly. Hard dry thing, traditionally eaten with cheese or dunked in tea.
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Indigo Terrapin
Jul 3
and they have had knob throwing contests there, which sounds fake but isnt
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Jovial Kingfisher
Jul 1
With knobs on is a very British little idiom. If someone says same to you with knobs on, it means right back at you, even more, usually childish or jokey.
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Curious Parrot
Jun 25
Nob without the k can be a different British word, like a rich or posh person. So nobs at a country club and knobs on a cabinet are not normal spelling variants of each other.
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Lunar Lynx
Jun 26
cribbage has his nobs too, but thats another rabbit hole
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Cobalt Impala
Jun 24
Old-house people in North America say knob-and-tube for a kind of early electrical wiring. The knobs there are ceramic supports, not controls.
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Sleek Starling
Jun 21
The hill meaning is not just old poetry. On US trail maps, especially around Appalachia and the Ozarks, Knob can just be part of the place name, like McAfee Knob or Pilot Knob.
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Rapid Marmot
Jun 23
Bald Knob is all over Missouri place names, i never connected it with door knobs before
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Calm Moth
Jun 20
search tip more than grammar tip: US stores usually write doorknob as one word. Door knob wont confuse anyone, it just gives worse results sometimes
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Free Salamander
Jun 19
If you hear knobhead, same family but it is its own insult. Means a stupid or annoying person in British slang, and still rude enough that I wouldnt use it at work.
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Hardy Ibex
Jun 12
Recipe note: a knob of butter is very UK-ish. In the US I would write a pat of butter unless I wanted that British cookbook sound.
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Oaken Sparrow
Jun 15
yeah, pat of butter is what i see on diner menus and recipe cards here