# nob

> English word · Noun · IPA /nɒb/ · frequency rank #44,373

## Definitions
1. The head.
2. A jack of the same suit as the card turned up by the dealer.
3. The glans penis, the sensitive bulbous structure at the end of the penis also known as the head of the penis. (Also spelled knob.)
4. (vulgar, slang, chiefly UK, Ireland) The penis; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
5. A contemptible person; dick. (Also spelled knob.)
6. A wealthy or influential person; a toff.
7. Obsolete form of knob (“rounded protuberance”).

## Etymology
Pronunciation spelling of knob.
Nobleman sense from white-nob (“white-head”) (18th century), referring to the powdered wigs used by those having or affecting upper middle-class status.

## Easily confused with
- **NZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nz)
- **NT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nt)
- **NP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-np)
- **nu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nu)
- **nr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nr)
- **not** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-not)
- **now** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-now)
- **non** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-non)
- **nor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nor)
- **nov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nov)
- **NYC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nyc)
- **nut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nut)
- **NSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nsa)
- **NSW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nsw)
- **nod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nod)
- **nun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nun)
- **nos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nos)
- **NPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-npr)
- **NRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nra)
- **nye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nob-vs-nye)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nob