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knob-ends

knob-ends is the plural of knob-end.

Meaning of knob-end

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
  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
  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

Questions about knob-ends

What is knob-ends the plural of?
Knob-ends is the plural of knob-end.

Words near knob-ends in the dictionary

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

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