doorknob
substantivoverboatestado nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈdɔː.nɒb//
- Estados Unidos//ˈdɔɹ.nɑb//
A circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of the door.
substantivo
- 1
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.
- 2
informalA stupid person.
Etimologia
From door + knob.
verbo
- 1
(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.
Formas
- plural
- doorknobs
- pretérito
- doorknobbed
- particípio passado
- doorknobbed
- gerúndio
- doorknobbing
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- doorknobs
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