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
Example sentences :
  • 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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