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Definition: Nob |
NobNoun1. An elegantly dressed man (often with affected manners). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Nob" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "discourse", "prophecy". |
Date "nob" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Nob high place, a city of the priests, first mentioned in the history of David's wanderings (1 Sam. 21:1). Here the tabernacle was then standing, and here Ahimelech the priest resided. (See AHIMELECH.) From Isa. 10:28-32 it seems to have been near Jerusalem. It has been identified by some with el-Isawiyeh, one mile and a half to the north-east of Jerusalem. But according to Isa. 10:28-32 it was on the south of Geba, on the road to Jerusalem, and within sight of the city. This identification does not meet these conditions, and hence others (as Dean Stanley) think that it was the northern summit of Mount Olivet, the place where David "worshipped God" when fleeing from Absalom (2 Sam. 15:32), or more probably (Conder) that it was the same as Mizpeh (q.v.), Judg. 20:1; Josh. 18:26; 1 Sam. 7:16, at Nebi Samwil, about 5 miles north-west of Jerusalem. After being supplied with the sacred loaves of showbread, and girding on the sword of Goliath, which was brought forth from behind the ephod, David fled from Nob and sought refuge at the court of Achish, the king of Gath, where he was cast into prison. (Comp. titles of Ps. 34 and 56.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Nob (The). The head. For lmob. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | HOB OR NOB. Will you hob or nob with me? a question formerly in fashion at polite tables, signifying a request or challenge to drink a glass of wine with the proposer: if the party challenged answered Nob, they were to chuse whether white or red. This foo NOB. A king. A man of rank. NOB. The head. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
NOB | English | Naval Operating Base | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: NobSynonym: toff (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Celebration | Pledge, drink to, toast, hob and nob. |
Courtesy | Salute; embrace; (endearment); kiss, kiss hands; drink to, pledge, hob and nob; move to, nod to; smile upon. |
Summit | Tip, tip top; crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib; end; crown, brow; head, nob, noddle, pate; capsheaf. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nob |
| Specialty definitions using "nob": Ananiah ♦ DICKED IN THE NOB, Doeg ♦ HOB, Hob Nob ♦ Ishbi-benob ♦ KNOB ♦ NOB GIRDER ♦ To NAB GIRDER. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Nob" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (be married to, marry). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Nob Hill (1945) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Ruins of Flood Mansion, Nob Hill, San Francisco, Cal. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | San Francisco, view toward Nob Hill, from Russian Hill. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Ruins of San Francisco, Nob Hill in foreground, from Lawrence Captive Airship, 1500 feet elevation, May 29, 1906. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Panorama from Nob Hill. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Nob" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 61.90% of the time. "Nob" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 61.9% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Unclassified Items | 19.05% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 19.05% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 21 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "nob": a bob a nob ♦ hob and nob ♦ nob Hill. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "nob": hob-nob. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "nob"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | njeri me pozitë (higher-up), peco (bigwig), pasanik (croesus, moneybags, rich, toff, wealthy), kokë (block, bulb, catchword, conk, dome, head, loaf, noddle, noggin, noodle, nut, onion, pate, poll, pommel). (various references) | |
Arabic | ضربه على الرأس, الرأس (foreland, head, noddle), رجل غني, رجل ثري, شخص رفيع المنزلة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | удрям по главата (conk), тиква (knob, loaf, noddle, noggin, nut, onion, pate, pumpkin, squash), кратуна (calabash, cocoanut, cucurbit, gourd, noddle, nut, think tank), големец (bashaw, higher-up, mugwump, nabob), глава (attic, beer, bulb, chief, chump, compartment, conk, crumpet, head, knob, loaf, noddle, noggin, nut, onion, pate, poll, sconce, topknot), важна клечка (big pot, big wheel, bigwig, kingpin, mugwump, nibs, panjandrum, pot). (various references) | |
Czech | kotrba. (various references) | |
French | richard, fiole, caboche (noddle, noggin), aristo. (various references) | |
German | rübe (beet, carrot, noddle, pate, turnip), einer der besseren leute. (various references) | |
Greek | κεφάλα, κεφαλή (head, noodle, pate, poll), κούτρα, αριστοκράτησ (aristocrat, swank, swell). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כפתור (button, knob, knop, node, pressbutton). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kobak (bean, can, coconut, crumpet, gourd, noddle, pate), kókusz (nut), fej (bean, crumpet, head, knob, mask, nab, noddle, nut, pate, skin, to milk, to sponge on), előkelő ember, arisztokrata ember. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | obnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | socar na cabeça, grã-fino (dasher), cachola (addle-pate, coconut, noddle, nut, pate, sconce, twopenny), cabeça (brain, chief, chunk, coconut, head, leader, noddle, nut, pate, poll, ringleader, top, topknot), aristocrata (aristocrat, gently born, knight, noble, patrician). (various references) | |
Romanian | tigvã (apex, bean, noddle, nut, pate, skull), dovleac (chump, knob, noddle, noggin, nut, pate, pumpkin, sconce), cãpãţânã (head, hub, knob, noddle). (various references) | |
Russian | голова (bonce, chump, conk, head, jowl, knob, noggin, noodle, nut, pate, think-tank). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | velikodostojnik (dignitary, panjandrum). (various references) | |
Spanish | pez gordo (big bug, big noise, big pot, bigwig, heavyweight, high-up, sachem), personaje (character, hero, heroin, heroine, notable, personage, very important person, vip), majo (bonny, good looking, natty, nice, pretty, smart, toff), golpear a la cabeza, currutaco (foppish, swanky), cholla (nut), cabeza (bean, chapeau, chump, coryphaeus, father, head, lead, noodle, pate, rocker, testa, top). (various references) | |
Swedish | knopp (boss, bud, burgeon, button, knob, nut, plug), överklassare. (various references) | |
Thai | หัว (konk, loaf, loaf of bread). (various references) | |
Turkish | zengin soylu, züppe (adonis, beau, buck, conceited pup, coxcomb, dandified, Dandy, dude, fop, high hat, jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, La-di-da, la-di-dah, macaroni, Peacock, petit-maitre, popinjay, pup, puppy, snob, spark, swell, toff), kelle (bean, chump, head, pate, poll, sconce), kafa (bean, brains, cast of mind, chump, coconut, conk, costard, end, head, headpiece, intelligence, knob, noddle, noggin, noodle, nut, onion, pate, poll, potato, savvy, sconce), baş (arch, arch-, beginning, beginnings, bow, capital, central, chief, coconut, costard, especial, first, foremost, general, governing, grand, head, heading, in chief, initial, knob, leader, master, noddle, off, outset, potato, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, sconce, top), asilzade (aristocrat, grandee, nobleman). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ударити в голову, ударити по голові (bean), удар в голову (nobber), цабе, фігура (character, figure), козирний валет, голова (attic, bean, chair, chairman, chief, conk, head, noddle, noggin, noodle, nut, onion, pate, president, topknot), виступ скелі, високопоставлена особа (high-up, up), персона (figure, persona), довбешка (calabash, chump, skull). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người quyền quý, người gi u sang. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 10, Verse 32 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Shmeron en odw tou meinai th ceiri parakaleite to oroV thn qugatera siwn kai oi bounoi oi en ierousalhm |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Adhuc dies est ut in Nob stetur agitabit manum suam super montem filiae Sion collem Hierusalem |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | This very day he is stopping at Nob; he is shaking his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Isaiah Chapter 10, Verse 32 |
| Cebuano | Niini gayud nga adlawa siya mohunong didto sa Nob: ginauyog niya ang iyang kamot diha sa bukid sa anak nga babaye sa Sion, ang bungtod sa Jerusalem. |
| Croatian | Još danas zaustavit æe se u Nobu, rukom prijeti gori Kæeri sionske, Brijegu jeruzalemskom. |
| Danish | Endnu i Dag står han i Nob; han svinger Hånden mod Zions Datters Bjerg, Jerusalems Høj - |
| Dutch | Nog een dag blijft hij te Nob; hij zal er zijn hand bewegen tegen den berg der dochter van Sion, den heuvel van Jeruzalem. |
| Finnish | Vielä samana päivänä hän pysähtyy Noobiin, hän kohottaa kätensä tytär Siionin vuorta, Jerusalemin kukkulaa, vastaan - |
| French | Encore un jour de halte Nob, Et il menace de sa main la montagne de la fille de Sion, La colline de Jérusalem. |
| German | Man bleibt vielleicht einen Tag zu Nob, so wird er seine Hand regen wider den Berg der Tochter Zion, wider den Hügel Jerusalems. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Hari ini musuh berada di kota Nob, dan di sana mereka mengepalkan tinju ke arah Bukit Sion, ke kota Yerusalem. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sehari lagi tinggallah ia di Nob, lalu ia berangkat ke gunung puteri Sion, ke bukit-bukit Yeruzalem. |
| Italian | Oggi stesso far sosta a Nob, agiter la mano verso il monte della figlia di Sion, verso il colle di Gerusalemme. |
| Maori | Hei tenei ra ano ka tu ia ki Nopo: kei te ruru tona ringa ki te maunga o te tamahine a Hiona, ki te pukepuke i Hiruharama. |
| Norwegian | Allerede samme dag står han i Nob; da svinger han sin hånd mot Sions datters berg, mot Jerusalem-haugen. |
| Portuguese | Hoje mesmo parará em Nobe; sacudirá o punho contra o monte da filha de Sião, o outeiro de Jerusalém. |
| Rumanian | Kncq o zi de oprire la Nob, wi ameninyq cu mkna lui muntele fiicei Sionului, dealul Ierusalimului. |
| Spanish | Ahora mismo se detendrá en Nob y agitará su mano contra el monte de la hija de Sion, la colina de Jerusalén. |
| Swedish | Ännu samma dag står han i Nob; han lyfter sin hand mot dottern Sions berg, mot Jerusalems höjd. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nob": nobbier, nobbiest, nobbily, nobble, nobbled, nobbler, nobblers, nobbles, nobbling, nobby, nobelium, nobeliums, nobilities, nobility, noble, nobleman, noblemen, nobleness, noblenesses, nobler, nobles, noblesse, noblesses, noblest, noblewoman, noblewomen, nobly, nobodies, nobody, nobs. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "nob": antisnob, doorknob, hobnob, knob, snob. (additional references) | |
Words containing "nob": cenobite, cenobites, cenobitic, chronobiologic, chronobiological, chronobiologies, chronobiologist, chronobiologists, chronobiology, coenobite, coenobites, cyanobacteria, cyanobacterium, doorknobs, econobox, econoboxes, ennoble, ennobled, ennoblement, ennoblements, ennobler, ennoblers, ennobles, ennobling, ethnobotanical, ethnobotanies, ethnobotanist, ethnobotanists, ethnobotany, hobnobbed, hobnobber, hobnobbers, hobnobbing, hobnobs, ignobilities, ignobility, ignoble, ignobleness, ignoblenesses, ignobly, immunoblot, immunoblots, immunoblotting, immunoblottings, inobservance, inobservances, inobservant, knobbed, knobbier, knobbiest, knobblier. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-n-o" | |
-1 letter: bo, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-n-o" | |
+1 letter: bond, bone, bong, bonk, bony, boon, born, ebon, knob, nobs, snob. | |
+2 letters: aboon, bacon, banco, banjo, baron, baton, beano, beton, bingo, biont, bison, blond, blown, bogan, boing, bonds, boned, boner, bones, boney, bongo, bongs, bonks, bonne, bonny, bonus, bonze, boons, borne, boron, boson, bosun, bound, bourn, bronc, brown, bunco, bunko, ebons, ebony, goban, knobs, nabob, nobby, noble, nobly, robin, snobs, unbox. | |
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