See knobber on Wiktionary
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"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
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"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
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"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
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"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
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"word": "shitcock"
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"word": "shitdick"
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"word": "shitrag"
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"word": "shitheel"
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"word": "shitgibbon"
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{
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"word": "shitneck"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
"word": "shitnuts"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
"word": "shitnugget"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
"word": "shitfuck"
},
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"word": "shitfucker"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
"word": "shitmuncher"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
"word": "sleaze"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
"word": "sleazeball"
},
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"word": "sleazebag"
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"word": "sleazebucket"
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"word": "sleazewad"
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"word": "slimebucket"
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"word": "slimeface"
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"word": "slimehole"
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"word": "slimewad"
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"word": "snotbag"
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"word": "snotball"
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"word": "snotface"
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"word": "snothead"
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"word": "snotwad"
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{
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"word": "sourhead"
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{
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"word": "squib"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
"word": "tosser"
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"word": "tosspot"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
"word": "undesirable"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
"word": "vonce"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
"word": "wanker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
"word": "weasel"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:jerk",
"word": "wet wipe"
}
],
"tags": [
"Commonwealth",
"Ireland",
"UK",
"derogatory",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɒbə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "knobber"
}
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