knobble


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knobble

(ˈnɒbəl)
n
a small knob or lump
vb (tr)
to knock or strike (stone, rock, etc)
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.knobble - a small knob
knob, boss - a circular rounded projection or protuberance
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Precisely what munitions were used to knobble the tankers is unclear.
A bit like Donna Air trying to knobble the Middleton brother.
"We knew from our initial research that customers aren't phased by the odd knobble here or a bruise there, but including this 'ugly' veg in a mixed box format has helped customers save even more money and plan meals for the family for the whole week, ensuring nothing is thrown away, even when it's taken out of the supermarket aisle.
Trigger Mortis is set against the backdrop of the late 1950s space race and sees 007 take on Soviet-backed Korean psychopath Jason Sin as he attempts to blow up Manhattan and knobble the US rocket programme at the same time.
Trigger Mortis is set against the late 1950s space race and sees 007 take on Soviet-backed Korean psychopath Jason Sin as he attempts to blow up Manhattan and knobble the US rocket programme at the same time.
Knobble the minke whale is loved by tourists and wildlife watchers, hundreds of whom follow him on Facebook.
He joked: "If Capello takes the view that Robinson isn't playing, then that's one less keeper for me to get in front of and obviously will improve my chances because I'll be one in five rather than one in six to be picked from - if I can just knobble the other four, then I'll be away."
To make grasping and turning the knob even easier, use a textured sleeve or cover called a Knobble.
Now named Knobble, so-called because of a knobble on his dorsal fin, the minke has become quite an attraction.
Make sure the graft union - the 'knobble' where the variety was grafted to the rootstock - is 6ins above soil level when planting is complete.
The letter had asked the friend to go and visit the main witness to the robbery "for as many times as it takes" and "knobble" him.
Only then will they be able to knobble Northwich Victoria and win the right to be the first club side to play at the new pounds 800 million Wembley Stadium.