Definitions for nob

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IPA: /nɒb/

Nob is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 11 anagrams from letters in nob (bno).

Definitions for nob

noun

  1. Slang. the head.
  2. Cribbage.. Sometimes, his nobs. the jack of the same suit as the card turned up, counting one to the holder.
  3. a person of wealth or social importance.

Origin of nob

First recorded in 1690-1700; perhaps variant of knob

Examples for nob

When he've got a drop in his nob, it's always for singin' he is—an' that's the worst of him.

"Yo' nob'but served him right, I'm thinkin'," said the Master.

And a bash on the nob with a batton is not my idea of a spree.

Open since 1912, it is a counter with 20 or so seats situated on a busy street in between nob Hill and Russian Hill.

Shan't I be glad when I get richer and better known, and hob and nob with him!'

Hob or nob is explained by him to mean "Will you have a glass of wine or not?"

Hob, nob is applied by Shakspeare to another alternative, viz.

“Come, doctor, let you and I hob and nob,” said the first-lieutenant.

That referred to my relative, who was always counted a “nob” in the village.

Do you think I will hob or nob with a water-drinking rascal like you?

Word Value for nob
Scrable

5

Words with friends

7

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