nobs 1 of 2

plural of nob
as in heads
the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth the detective had an odd habit of scratching the side of his nob whenever he asked a question

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nobs

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noun (2)

plural of nob, chiefly British

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Recent Examples of nobs
Noun
The tacos, including a colorful vegetarian version studded with nobs of cauliflower, are served on some of the city’s best corn tortillas, some blushed with pink from beets or green from the soft steel of spinach. — Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nobs
Noun
  • His aunt, Leslee Frye, is a professor for psychology and is also one of the heads of the foundation.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Measuring 84 inches by 84 inches, the bright orange canvas responds to Leonardo da Vinci’s grotesque heads, a series of ink sketches made between the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The belief in Green Bay is the veteran bigs will give Love more time to throw.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
  • That is a remarkable incentive, if not catnip, to send Condon to the bigs.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Measuring more than 10 feet by 9 feet, Amwan Agwe… (2026), for example, depicts green hills and blue waves alongside the skulls, candles, and fish that nod to Fèt Gede, Haiti’s annual festival honoring the spirits of the dead.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The results were compared with the skulls of other two-legged meat-eating dinosaurs, such as tyrannosaurs, spinosaurs and raptors.
    — Archie Clarke, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The vehicle then rotated in midair and landed back on its wheels.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Other times, a bike maker can slap on a new paint job, a different set of wheels and a cushier seat, and somehow end up with a bike that sells like hotcakes.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Bags of mashed potatoes, beans and mac and cheese in the water of a steam holding unit, reheating.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • For the blend, Owen and Leekley chose a combination of Nicaraguan and Colombian beans, dubbing it the Tatari Blend.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Representatives from Mubadala, Space42, Majid Al Futtaim Group, ADNOC Group, Databricks, and Snowflake were all present, among many other global heavyweights.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Nvidia, Google, Microsoft, and other tech heavyweights have collaborated to sketch a new electrical architecture for them, with a different kind of transformer facing the grid, and a small industry has formed to build it.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Scaling up Engineers discovered voids, or air pockets, between layers of carbon fiber that make up the domes’ composite structure.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The company recently identified an issue with the manufacturing process on one of its propellant domes, according to a Rocket Lab video that shared details on the launch delay.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Mehring’s characters include petty criminals, unscrupulous lawyers, Galician Jews, Freikorps heavies, local and international businessmen, Prussian generals, and the everyday citizens inhabiting the streets of Berlin’s old and rather dingy center.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The album also features cameos by heavies from Gojira, Lamb of God, Queens of the Stone Age, and Clutch.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026

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“Nobs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nobs. Accessed 23 Oct. 2026.

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