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knob-end

knob-end noun: the glans penis.

Noun

knob-end (plural knob-ends)

  1. (Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar) The glans penis
    • He appreciated a man giving head as much as anyone, and he was sure as hell gonna enjoy the feel of his knob-end slipping between Casey's hungry lips.2006, Marc Holland, Mark Stone: Secret Agent, page 30
    • Lenny Plant thought the world of his foreskin, appreciating the benefits it bestowed on his knob-end.2014, Andrew Price, Poor Enid, page 343
  2. (Ireland, UK, offensive, slang, vulgar) A stupid or contemptible person
    • Why did these knob-ends so much want us to fail?2001, Hamish MacDonald, The Gravy Star, page 51
    • Nothing ever sickened me more than pre-season friendlies, when English teams would come over and total knob-ends would actually show up at the matches to cheer on the foreign side.2006, Johnny Fallon, Party Time: Growing Up in Politics, page 157
  3. (informal) The heel of a loaf of bread.
    • […] the knob end of a moldy loaf of bread. He was halfway through chewing it when he was aware of the corpse of a fox lying at the end of the alley.1990, Garry Kilworth, The Foxes of First Dark, page 90
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knob, end. The end of something that is shaped into a knob.
    • The Tithing - man -— with his long stick, with a knob on one end, and a squirrel's tail on the other — was swift in dealing out punishments, and the sharp raps from the knob-end quickly brought about proper behavior .1928, Imogen Clark, Old Days and Old Ways, page 30
    • She saw the shiny knob-end of the rhubarb thrusting upwards upon the thick red stem, thrusting itself like a knob of flame through the soft soil.1949, David Herbert Lawrence, The Rainbow, page 414

Forms of knob-end

pluralknob-ends
alternative formknobend
alternative formknob end
alternative formnob end
alternative formnob-end

Questions about knob-end

What does knob-end mean?
Knob-end means the glans penis.
What part of speech is knob-end?
Knob-end is a noun.
What is the plural of knob-end?
The plural of knob-end is knob-ends.

Words near knob-end in the dictionary

  1. knob polishers
  2. knob rot
  3. knob twiddler
  4. knob twiddlers
  5. knob-and-tube
  6. knob-end
  7. knob-ends
  8. knob-gobbler
  9. knob-gobblers
  10. knob-jockey
  11. knob-jockeys

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