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Nobbed vs Dobbed - What's the difference?

nobbed | dobbed |

As verbs the difference between nobbed and dobbed

is that nobbed is (nob) while dobbed is (dob).

nobbed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (nob)

    • nob

    English

    Etymology 1

    * From "nobleman" or "member of the nobility" (Doubtful) * From "white-nob" (Eighteenth century) or "white-head", referring to the powdered wigs used by those affecting upper middle-class status.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, chiefly, British) a wealthy or influential person; a toff
    • The masses have risen up and shot all their nobs.
  • :: Baldrick, Blackadder Goes Forth

    • Etymology 2

    (en)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The head.
    • 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.
  • (cribbage) a jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer.
    • One for his nob .
  • (slang) The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis.

    • Verb

  • To hit in the head

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    dobbed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dob)

    • DOB

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • date of birth
  • Daughters of Bilitis. The first organized and successful Lesbian liberation organization in the United States.

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