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What (who) is knob - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Knobs; KNOB; KNOB (disambiguation); Knob (disambiguation)
knob
n.
1) to turn a knob
2) a control knob
knob
1) To fiddle, adjust, or tweak something, even if you do not understand what you are doing.
Since the repair bill would exceed the value of this old tape recorder, I will open it and knob with the adjustments inside to see if I can make it sound better.
2) Used to describe someone of low social standing or someone of limited intelligence.
Tracy, is that your de facto doing burnouts in the carpark over there? Jeez, that guy is a total knob - I don't know why you left Wayne for him.
Since the repair bill would exceed the value of this old tape recorder, I will open it and knob with the adjustments inside to see if I can make it sound better.
2) Used to describe someone of low social standing or someone of limited intelligence.
Tracy, is that your de facto doing burnouts in the carpark over there? Jeez, that guy is a total knob - I don't know why you left Wayne for him.
knob
n.
1.
Protuberance, boss, bunch, hunch, stud.
2.
Handle (of a door).
Examples of use of knob
1. Squeeze the knob with your leg and you go faster.
2. "It‘s like an old radio with a knob," Gabrielse said.
3. It is said that a knob comes into being once every a thousand years.
4. As everyone knew, pollution related to vehicles originated from the exhaust pipe, not the shifter knob.
5. Five 650i coupes were retrofitted with knob–and–lever hand controls for drivers with leg injuries.