nob

Plural: nobs

Noun

A person of wealth or high social standing.
informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
The head.
A jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer.
The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.)
(vulgar, slang, chiefly UK, Ireland) The penis; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
A contemptible person; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
A wealthy or influential person; a toff.
Obsolete form of knob (“rounded protuberance”).

Verb

To hit in the head.

Examples

He felt like a NOB, raking in points with his premium tiles on the Scrabble board.
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.
One for his nob.

Origin / Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of knob.
Nobleman sense from white-nob (“white-head”) (18th century), referring to the powdered wigs used by those having or affecting upper middle-class status.

Synonyms

toff, nibs

Scrabble Score: 5

nob: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
nob: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nob: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

nob: valid Words With Friends Word