Meaning of KNOBBY
| Pronunciation: | | 'nâbee
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| | Definition: | | [adj] having knobs; "had knobbly knees" |
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| | Synonyms: | | knobbly, unshapely |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Knob"by\, a. [From {Knob}.]
1. Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances.
--Dr. H. More.
2. Irregular; stubborn in particulars. [Obs.]
The informers continued in a knobby kind of
obstinacy. --Howell.
3. Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly. [U.S.]
--Bartlett.
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| | Related Terms: | | alpen, alpestrine, alpigene, alpine, burled, gnarled, gnarly, hilly, knobbed, knobbly, knoblike, knotted, knotty, knurled, knurly, lumpy, monticuline, mountained, mountainous, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodose, nodular, nodulated, noduled, nubbled, nubbly, nubby, rolling, studded, subalpine, torose, tubercular, tuberculous, tuberose, tuberous |
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