doorknob
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
/ˈdɔː.nɒb/
(UK)
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/ˈdɔː.nɒb/ (UK) · /ˈdɔɹ.nɑb/ (US)
Definition of doorknob
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door.
“A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.”
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noun
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A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door.
“A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.”
- (derogatory, informal)A stupid person.
verb
- (intransitive)(especially psychiatry) To suddenly bring up a time-consuming topic when very little time remains to discuss it, often as a tactic to avoid conversation.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From door + knob.
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