Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knob rot

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English

Syllables: knob rot
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sexually transmitted disease (when contracted by a man).

British usage; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"galloping knob rot"
"The Raff's getting like the boy scouts. The old regulars, they didn't think you were properly in until you'd gone down with galloping knob rot […]"
"You've been under attack for days, there's a soldier down, he's wounded, gangrene's setting in. "Who's used all the penicillin?" "Oh, Mark Paxton, sir. He's got knob rot off some tart.""
"Liam O'Grady removed (unconscious) from church for failing to forever hold his peace, and instead brandishing note from sexual health walk-in clinic declaring he is now knob-rot free and begging Thin Kylie to take him back […]"

Usage

Inflected Forms

knob-rot (alternative)

Questions

What does knob rot mean?: A sexually transmitted disease (when contracted by a man).

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