Knob
noun
A round handle on doors or drawers that you turn or pull to open them.
Please turn the knob to open the door.
Often appears as...
- door knob
- turn the knob
noun
A small rounded lump or protuberance on a surface.
The surface of the wall was adorned with little knobs.
Often appears as...
- knobs on a surface
- knob of butter
noun
A control on a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which you turn to change something such as the volume or the temperature.
Please turn the volume knob down a little.
Often appears as...
- volume knob
- control knob
noun
A person's head.
He's got a big knob, hasn't he?
Often appears as...
- big knob
- nod your knob
Usage tips
Informal, Neutral
Colloquial
noun
A round handle on doors or drawers that you turn or pull to open them.
Please turn the knob to open the door.
Often appears as...
- door knob
- turn the knob
noun
A small rounded lump or protuberance on a surface.
The surface of the wall was adorned with little knobs.
Often appears as...
- knobs on a surface
- knob of butter
noun
A control on a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which you turn to change something such as the volume or the temperature.
Please turn the volume knob down a little.
Often appears as...
- volume knob
- control knob
noun
A person's head.
He's got a big knob, hasn't he?
Often appears as...
- big knob
- nod your knob
Usage tips
Informal, Neutral
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
The word 'knob' often implies physical turning or pulling motion when used with doors and drawers.
She gripped the knob and pulled the drawer open.
Pro Tip 2/2Commonly Found
'Knob' is a common term in houses or buildings, often found in daily conversation.
Can you install a new knob on this cabinet?
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
The word 'knob' often implies physical turning or pulling motion when used with doors and drawers.
She gripped the knob and pulled the drawer open.
Pro Tip 2/2Commonly Found
'Knob' is a common term in houses or buildings, often found in daily conversation.
Can you install a new knob on this cabinet?
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
The word 'knob' often implies physical turning or pulling motion when used with doors and drawers.
She gripped the knob and pulled the drawer open.
Pro Tip 2/2Commonly Found
'Knob' is a common term in houses or buildings, often found in daily conversation.
Can you install a new knob on this cabinet?
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Ayah Bdeir: Building...
you would just turn this knob and basically make it pulse faster or slower. The idea behind littleBits is that it's a growing library. We want to make every single interaction in the world into a ready-to-use brick. Lights, sounds, solar panels, motors -- everything should be accessible.
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But then why aren't these tradtional power plants just used as a backup, instead of us humans depending on them as our main sources of energy? Because it's impossible for an employee at a coal fired or a nuclear plant to turn a knob to produce more or less electricity depending
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and actually, all those knobs beneath are also showerheads. It will squirt you all around and you can stay in that shower for hours -- and not waste water, by the way, because it recirculates the same dirty water. Or this -- this is a really neat teapot I found
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the brain modifies neural activity while also tweaking the tuning knob to get a clearer signal. Increasing this background neural activity is intended to help you process weak auditory inputs. But it can also modify your baseline for silence—
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since the knob for the knob thorns are any tree that is showing signs of life with those beautiful yellow flowers at the moment the rest of the trees I haven't seen any new buds or anything just yet I I think we need to wait in a
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solution that we've come up with and which I'd like to talk about today is to map software functionality onto smart objects to extend their physical capabilities for example here we have a radio with a tuning knob and a volume
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You owe it to yourself...
A cool wind kicked up. Daylight looked odd, and shadows became very strange; they looked bizarrely sharp, as if someone had turned up the contrast knob on the TV. Then I looked offshore, and I noticed running lights on boats,
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The science of static...
It can strike without warning, at any moment. You may be walking across a soft carpet and reaching for the door knob when suddenly...zap!
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might go to knob for an open or narrow
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When it comes to the future of magnetic levitation, the possibilities are almost limitless. We can already buy levitating light bulbs, phone chargers, record players. But in the near future, we could even have floating joysticks for fighter pilots where the knobs and buttons hover in midair.
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Ayah Bdeir: Building...
you would just turn this knob and basically make it pulse faster or slower. The idea behind littleBits is that it's a growing library. We want to make every single interaction in the world into a ready-to-use brick. Lights, sounds, solar panels, motors -- everything should be accessible.
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Why aren't we only using...
But then why aren't these tradtional power plants just used as a backup, instead of us humans depending on them as our main sources of energy? Because it's impossible for an employee at a coal fired or a nuclear plant to turn a knob to produce more or less electricity depending
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The three ways that good...
and actually, all those knobs beneath are also showerheads. It will squirt you all around and you can stay in that shower for hours -- and not waste water, by the way, because it recirculates the same dirty water. Or this -- this is a really neat teapot I found
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What’s that ringing in...
the brain modifies neural activity while also tweaking the tuning knob to get a clearer signal. Increasing this background neural activity is intended to help you process weak auditory inputs. But it can also modify your baseline for silence—
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Safari Live - Day 7 PIPE...
since the knob for the knob thorns are any tree that is showing signs of life with those beautiful yellow flowers at the moment the rest of the trees I haven't seen any new buds or anything just yet I I think we need to wait in a
Video examples
Smart(er) technology PIPE...
solution that we've come up with and which I'd like to talk about today is to map software functionality onto smart objects to extend their physical capabilities for example here we have a radio with a tuning knob and a volume
Video examples
You owe it to yourself...
A cool wind kicked up. Daylight looked odd, and shadows became very strange; they looked bizarrely sharp, as if someone had turned up the contrast knob on the TV. Then I looked offshore, and I noticed running lights on boats,
Video examples
The science of static...
It can strike without warning, at any moment. You may be walking across a soft carpet and reaching for the door knob when suddenly...zap!
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Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
might go to knob for an open or narrow
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Rich Moore
American Director
I remember as a kid seeing Pong in a pizza place where I grew up in Oxnard, California, and having my mind blown by it. I thought it was a TV. I thought it was just something playing on a television. But then to be able to manipulate the paddle, and the ball with the knob was, in those days, pretty huge to a little kid! It was a simpler time.
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Rick Ross
American Musician
A boss is all about good business, so start with everything that you can control and you can turn up that costs you nothing, then lay all the knobs out, look at all the controls, all the remotes, and just turn them all up. It don't cost you nothing.
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Chris Isaak
American Musician
I hate modern car radios. In my car, I don't even have a push-button radio. It's just got a dial and two knobs. Just AM. One knob makes it louder, and one knob changes the station. When you're driving, that's all I want.
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Claire Foy
English Actress
I wouldn't have been able to go to drama school when I was 19. I don't think I was even conscious of life... I was like a zombie. But when I finished uni' I just realised... just go and do it, stop being a knob.
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Steve Albini
American Musician
Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture.
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Tash Sultana
Australian Musician
I've got a lot of pedals and a lot of knobs that need to be switching around during my performance, so I've taught my toes how to do that.
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Bre Pettis
American Businessman
I talked to a guy who has old cars, and there are parts that don't exist any more. So he makes radio dial knobs for obscure cars.
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Robert Trujillo
American Musician
James Hetfield, I mean, the minute he plugs in his guitar and adjusts the tone knob, he comes up with the world's greatest riff.
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Franz von Holzhausen
American Designer
I don't understand how I can pay $299 for iPhone and then get in my car and still have to turn knobs.
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Bo Diddley
American Musician
I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.
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Rich Moore
American Director
I remember as a kid seeing Pong in a pizza place where I grew up in Oxnard, California, and having my mind blown by it. I thought it was a TV. I thought it was just something playing on a television. But then to be able to manipulate the paddle, and the ball with the knob was, in those days, pretty huge to a little kid! It was a simpler time.
Quote examples
Rick Ross
American Musician
A boss is all about good business, so start with everything that you can control and you can turn up that costs you nothing, then lay all the knobs out, look at all the controls, all the remotes, and just turn them all up. It don't cost you nothing.
Quote examples
Chris Isaak
American Musician
I hate modern car radios. In my car, I don't even have a push-button radio. It's just got a dial and two knobs. Just AM. One knob makes it louder, and one knob changes the station. When you're driving, that's all I want.
Quote examples
Claire Foy
English Actress
I wouldn't have been able to go to drama school when I was 19. I don't think I was even conscious of life... I was like a zombie. But when I finished uni' I just realised... just go and do it, stop being a knob.
Quote examples
Steve Albini
American Musician
Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture.
Quote examples
Tash Sultana
Australian Musician
I've got a lot of pedals and a lot of knobs that need to be switching around during my performance, so I've taught my toes how to do that.
Quote examples
Bre Pettis
American Businessman
I talked to a guy who has old cars, and there are parts that don't exist any more. So he makes radio dial knobs for obscure cars.
Quote examples
Robert Trujillo
American Musician
James Hetfield, I mean, the minute he plugs in his guitar and adjusts the tone knob, he comes up with the world's greatest riff.
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Franz von Holzhausen
American Designer
I don't understand how I can pay $299 for iPhone and then get in my car and still have to turn knobs.
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Bo Diddley
American Musician
I opened the door for a lot of people, and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.
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