knobber

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hart in its second year; a young male deer.
    — Near-synonyms: brocket, pricket, spitter
  2. A stupid, obnoxious, or otherwise contemptible person. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,derogatory,slang
    — Harry chuckled. 'What is it, old son? Are you worried Natalie will go for a rummage in your undercarriage and come away empty-handed?' Ad spat Tango across the table, missing me by inches. 'No, you knobber,' I said. “I'm meeting her parents for the first time tomorrow.'

词形变化

knobbers plural

词源

From knob + -er; the deer sense derives from the fact that a young buck's antlers begin diminutively as mere knobs; the fool sense derives indirectly from a reference to the penis; the two senses are ultimately cognate.
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