Synonyms for knobby
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : nob-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒb i |
Définition of knobby
Origin :- 1540s, from knob + -y (2). Alternative form knobbly attested from 1859. Related: Knobbiness.
- adj knobbed
- His face was almost as hard and knobby as his stick; and so were his hands.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- A man sprang at me and thrust something cold and knobby into my neckcloth.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- And then its briny deeps ceased to swim with knobby condiments.
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- They still caressed a knobby bit of metal in my overcoat pocket.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
- Jason clutched the knobby bark of the logs when he was left alone.
- Extract from : « Deathworld » by Harry Harrison
- He gazed over Stephen's shoulder at Goldsmith's knobby poll.
- Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
- And carrying nice, knobby stone creeks to stave in our heads!
- Extract from : « Darkness and Dawn » by George Allan England
- It was slim and sort o' knobby like this wood—what's the name of it, now?
- Extract from : « Average Jones » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- No line of beauty redeemed his lean limbs and knobby joints.
- Extract from : « Where the Pavement Ends » by John Russell
- Cavity acute, wavy, brown; Stem medium to long, often knobby and clubbed.
- Extract from : « American Pomology » by J. A. Warder
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