knob
Example Sentences
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Giggles echoed in a nearby play area where children twisted knobs and spun a wheel in a car-like play structure.
From Los Angeles Times
I gave its knob a twist, and it came to life, bathing the cubby in a warm yellow glow.
From Literature
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Neither did Mazda abandon conventional switches, rotary knobs and paddles even as other companies were converting to capacitive and haptic controls.
“Whoa!” they both cried after hitting the first of many knobs and swells along the way.
From Literature
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Now, many hitters hold the bat with their bottom hand completely wrapped around the knob, sometimes with their pinkie off the bat entirely.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.