# knobber

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A hart in its second year; a young male deer.
2. A stupid, obnoxious, or otherwise contemptible person.

## Etymology
From knob + -er; the deer sense derives from the fact that a young buck's antlers begin diminutively as mere knobs; the fool sense derives indirectly from a reference to the penis; the two senses are ultimately cognate.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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