Meaning of "nob" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NOB

Of uncertain origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF NOB

nob  [nɒb]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOB

Nob is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NOB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nob

Nob may refer to: ▪ Nob, Israel, a place in the vicinity of Jerusalem ▪ Nederlandse Onderwatersport Bond, the Dutch Underwater Federation, member of the CMAS ▪ Non-occluded baculovirus, a genus of virus ▪ Newell's Old Boys, Argentine football team ▪ NoB, Japanese singer Nobuo Yamada ▪ Nob Yoshigahara, a Japanese puzzle-maker ▪ Nob Hill, San Francisco, a neighborhood in the California city ▪ "one for his nob", a score in cribbage ▪ A person of social standing ▪ Derogatory term for a man's penis, typically used as an insult in the UK and Ireland...

Definition of nob in the English dictionary

The definition of nob in the dictionary is the jack of the suit turned up.

SYNONYMS OF «NOB»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «nob» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of nob

aristo · aristocrat · big hitter · big shot · bigwig · celeb · fat cat · heavy hitter · nabob · toff

TRANSLATION OF NOB

Find out the translation of nob to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of nob from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nob» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 诺布
• Translator English - Spanish: nob
• English: nob
• Translator English - Hindi: नोब
• Translator English - Arabic: نوب
• Translator English - Russian: шишка
• Translator English - Portuguese: nob
• Translator English - Bengali: গোলাম
• Translator English - French: richard
• Translator English - Malay: Nob
• Translator English - German: Rübe
• Translator English - Japanese: お偉方
• Translator English - Korean: NOB
• Translator English - Javanese: Nob
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đầu
• Translator English - Tamil: ஓரினச்சேர்க்கை
• Translator English - Marathi: Nob
• Translator English - Turkish: kelle
• Translator English - Italian: nob
• Translator English - Polish: nob
• Translator English - Ukrainian: шишка
• Translator English - Romanian: nob
• Translator English - Greek: κεφάλα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Nob
• Translator English - Swedish: nob
• Translator English - Norwegian: nob

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOB»

Discover the use of nob in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nob and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

San Francisco's Nob Hill

More than a neighborhood, San Francisco's Nob Hill encapsulates some of the major elements of the city's history.

Katherine Powell Cohen, 2010

Puzzles 101: A Puzzlemaster's Challenge

This latest collection of puzzles from the internationally acclaimed puzzlemaster Nob Yoshigahara covers a wide variety of puzzles from physical to visual, conceptual to mathematical.

N. O. B. Yoshigahara, 2003

Contributions to Botany: (v, 267, [15] p., plates 43-87)

B 258 BOURRERIA 230 Bourreria cassinifolia, Griseb 239 clariuscula, nob 235 divaricata, Don 239 Domingensis, nob 233 Havanensis, nob. Pl. s6 238 linearis, nob 241 microphylla, Griseb 241 ovata, nob 234 radula, Don 237 recurva, nob ...

John Miers, 1860

Contributions to Botany: Iconographic and Descriptive, ...

PAGE Platea laxiflora, nob. Pl. 16 98 Lobbiana, nob. Pl. 17 97 Suinatrana, Bl 97 " VYightiana, nob 98, 305 Pluchia curiosa, Veil 220 Pogopetalum acuminatum, Bth 108 acutum, Bth 109 affine, Planch 110 nitens, Bth 110 orbiculatum, Bth 108 ...

John Miers, 1851

The Silurian System, Founded on Geological Researches in the ...

Ludensis, (nob.), Upper Ludlow, PI. 7. f. 3 and 4. delphinocephalus, (nob.), Wen- lock Limest., PI. 7 bis, f . 1 a and 1 b. Herschelii, (nob.), (Silurian Rocks, South Africa), PI. 7 bis, f. 2. Calymkne, Brongniart. Calymene Blumenbachii, (Brongn.) ...

Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1839

The Botanical register: consisting of coloured figures of ...

Folia bifaria. A. feruosa, spatha pauciflora; foliis loratis angusti3 obtusulis minutd pustuloso-punctatis ; limbi laciniis recurvo-divaricatis undulatis, uni fasciculo declinato staminum subtensa, remota. Nob. de amar. in Journ. ofscien. and the arts, ...

‎1816

The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, ...

Chondodendron cretosum, nob.; — Botryopsis platyphylla, BenM. mJourn. Linn. Soc. v. Suppl. 2. 51 ; — Botryopsis Spruceana, Eichl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. xxxviii . p. 199, tab. 48. fig. 1. — In Peruvia alta : v. s. in herb, variis £ et ? , Tara- pota ...

‎1867

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England

was not such a nob as he had imagined. l872 Punch 3 Feb. 47/l Why don't your nobs and swells get up poor's schools of their own? l938 P. KAVANAGH Green Fool ii. 24 The children of the nobs called their white bread 'lunch' and nibbled at it ...

S. P. Cerasano, Heather Anne Hirschfeld, 2008

Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

f. 22. Helix maderensis, Wood. f. 23. compar, nob magnified. f. 24. leptosticta, nob . — ditto. f. 25. lentiginosa, nob ditto. f! 26. calva, nob. Tab. VI. f. 1. Helix abjecta, nob. f. 2, i compacta, nob. f. 3. consors, nob. f. 4. depauperata, nob. f. 5. lurida ...

‎1833

Naomi of Nob Hill

Fortunately for Naomi, life is about to change in a big way. After spotting a classified ad to become a live-in housekeeper at Nob Hill, Naomi sets off to the ritzy section of town.

Gerhard J. W. Munster, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOB»

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Nob Hill neighbors fight restaurant's patio expansion

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – A Nob Hill restaurant that got national attention on the Food Network for its struggles is now fighting a different ... «KRQE News 13, Jul 15»

Suspect in Nob Hill Court Killings Pleads Not Guilty in 2014 Death of …

Suspect in Nob Hill Court Killings Pleads Not Guilty in 2014 Death of Toddler. Posted 5:45 PM, July 23, 2015, by Kay Recede · Facebook · Twitter · Reddit ... «FOX40, Jul 15»

Yakima police: Woman struck by car after road rage incident

The woman's boyfriend told police she was driving in the area of West Nob Hill Boulevard and Cornell Avenue around 9:30 p.m. when another ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»

NDP still lacking nominated candidates in four key Ottawa ridings

... interest in running for the party in ridings previously considered unwinnable (referred to as NOB — Name On Ballot — ridings in NDP circles.). «Ottawa Citizen, Jul 15»

Casino and hospitality veteran now GM of Downtown, East Nob Hill …

Scott Eldredge, a casino and hospitality industry veteran, has been hired as the general manager of north Downtown's 'codotel' Anthea @ The ... «Albuquerque Business First, Jul 15»

“You are a colossal nob end & should get a new brain”: Scientist …

If you believe they put a man on the moon, well, you're not in unanimous company. There are plenty of nutcases and black-helicopter types ... «Salon, Jul 15»

Nob Hill neighbors say they encountered teens year before Gerecke …

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – After a group of teens was accused of murdering Steven Gerecke in the Heights, people in one Nob Hill ... «KRQE News 13, Jul 15»

Suspect in Modesto homicides faces charges in October death of 2 …

Officers discovered the bodies Saturday afternoon in a Nob Hill Court ... Martinez had been living with Crews and the children at the Nob Hill ... «Modesto Bee, Jul 15»

Nob Hill Condo with Crucifixes, Nunnery Desk Has the Most Spirited …

Paul Ybarbo was in exactly that situation when he was purchasing his one-bedroom condo at Nob Hill's Clay-Jones building. He'd bought the ... «Curbed SF, Jul 15»

Man arrested for murder of 5 on Nob Court in California

Update on Nob Hill Ct homicide: Martin Martinez has been located by @SanJosePD. The investigation in ongoing. No further details available. «KTRK-TV, Jul 15»