nob

nob ¹  (nb)

n.

1. Slang The human head.

2. The jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer in cribbage, scoring one point for the holder.

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[Perhaps variant of knob.]

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nob ²  (nb)

n. Chiefly British Slang

A person of wealth or social standing: "The nobs were forever snubbing the snobs" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).

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[Possibly from nob or knob.]

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nob¹

n Cribbage

1. (Group Games / Card Games) the jack of the suit turned up

(Group Games / Card Games)

one for his nob the call made with this jack, scoring one point

[of uncertain origin]

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nob²

n

Slang chiefly Brit a person of social distinction

[of uncertain origin]

nobby  adj

nobbily  adv

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nob³

n

Slang the head

[perhaps a variant of knob]

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nob⁴

n

a variant spelling of knob [4]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nob - informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person toff man of means, rich man, wealthy man - a man who is wealthy

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nob

noun (Slang) aristocrat, fat cat (slang, chiefly U.S.), toff (Brit. slang), bigwig (informal), celeb (informal), big shot (informal), big hitter (informal), aristo (informal), heavy hitter (informal), nabob (informal), V.I.P. The crook revealed how he mixed with nobs as he pretended to be an aristocrat.

Translations

nob¹ [nɒb] N (Anat) → mollera f, coco m, cholla f (Mex)

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nob² [nɒb] N (Brit) (= toff, person of importance) → potentado/a m/f

nob¹

n (inf) → einer der besseren Leute (inf); all the nobs → all die besseren Leute (inf), → alles, was Rang und Namen hat

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nob²

n (inf: = head) → Rübe f (inf)

nob [nɒb] n (old) (fam) → persona altolocata