Knobbing

noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pattern of knobs or lumps.

    "Consequently, the knobbing is most marked at the costochondral junctions of the ribs, the lower end of the femur , both ends of the fibula and tibia , and the upper end of the humerus ."

  2. 2
    The amount by which a bowl is wider in the middle than at the top and bottom.

    "The degree of knobbing varies according to the conditions of working and varies between 2 mm . and 8 mm . in circumference ."

  3. 3
    A session of penetrative sexual intercourse or the act of sexual penetration. UK, slang, vulgar

    "A knobbing is over before you know it and no harm done to the family but the shame of a dirty photograph can follow a husband into his grave ."

  4. 4
    The process of rough dressing stone; the act of cutting off projecting points from quarried stone.
  5. 5
    The practice of cutting off the sharp tips of the horns of cattle, leaving rounded knobs.

    "This assertion is only partially true, and the facility with which "knobbing" can be practiced depends upon the kind of tools used and the skill of the operator , and even allowing that "knobbing" did take up more time , it 1 would be a poor argument in defense of cruelty ."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of knob form-of, gerund, participle, present

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