Dictionary

knobby en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈnɑbi/ (US)
• /ˈnɒbi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English knob Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English knobby From knob + -y.

Meanings

1. Resembling a knob.
   • The baby kicked energetically. She caressed a knobby knee or elbow. 2012, Carrie Weaver, Baby, I'M Yours, →ISBN:
   • They appeared, upon section, like wedge-shaped, knobby formations, penetrating into the placenta fetalis, and were thus found in three places ; the smallest was 3 mm. and the largest was 15 mm. in diameter. 1871, New York Medical Journal - Volume 14, page 431:
2. Having many knobs or knob-like projections.
   • The oldest surface identified has a crater retention age N(l) 230,000 and is found below the knobby terrain (K). 1988, NASA Technical Memorandum - Issue 4041, page 456:
   • The large open leaves and large knobby leaves were picked out by hand, and formed the finest sort of "hyson skin" (known commercially as pretty good bloom, brightish hyson kind mixed, knobby leaf); the remaining leaves were hyson. 1860, The Encyclopaedia Britannica:
   • Further evidence for the correlation of basin structures arises from the spatial relation in both basins of the massifs to the associated knobby terrain. 1975, Lunar Science Institute, Proceedings of the Sixth Lunar Science Conference, Houston, Texas:
   • Knobby Creek rises in the center part of Union Township, flowing north where it empties into the Osage River. Name suggested by the "knobby" character of the surrounding country, i.e. full of "knobs" or low hills. Sometimes called Beaver Creek, from the animal found here in early days. 1943, Fauna R. Overlay, Place Names Of Five South Central Counties Of Missouri, M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2016:

Forms

Deriveds

knobby-kneed · knobbily · knobby starfish · knobby seahorse · knobbly · knobbiness

Synonyms

nodose

Translations (7)

de höckerig (having many knobs or knob-like projections) · es con cocada (having many knobs or knob-like projections) · de knotig (resembling a knob) · de huckelig (having many knobs or knob-like projections) · de knubbelig (resembling a knob) · pl guzowaty (resembling a knob) · pl pagórkowaty (having many knobs or knob-like projections)