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Knob vs Knobstick - What's the difference?

knob | knobstick |

As nouns the difference between knob and knobstick

is that knob is a rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch while knobstick is a stick with a rounded knob at the end.

As a verb knob

is (british|slang|vulgar|of a man) to have sex with.

knob

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rounded protuberance, handle, or control switch.
  • (geography) A prominent rounded hill.
  • A rounded ornament on the hilt of an edged weapon; a pommel.
  • A prominent, rounded bump along a mountain ridge.
  • (plural) breasts.
  • (British, NZ, slang) A penis.
  • (slang, pejorative) A contemptible person.
  • (cooking) A dollop, an amount just larger than a spoonful (usually referring to butter)

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * doorknob * knob-and-tube

    Verb

  • (British, slang, vulgar, of a man) To have sex with.

    • Anagrams

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    knobstick

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stick with a rounded knob at the end.
  • *1856 , , First Footsteps in East Africa , Könemann 2000, p. 53:
  • *:The “Budd”, or Somali club, resembles the Kafir “Tonga”. It is a knobstick , about a cubit long, made of some hard wood: the head is rounded on the inside, and the outside is cut to an edge.
  • (slang) One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trade union.
  • * 2009 , Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day, Immanuel Ness, The encyclopedia of strikes in American history (page 324)
    • The mill agents, it was rumored, supplied the knobsticks with beer and whiskey, fearing to let them walk the streets.