"knobby" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /nɒbi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nɑbi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-knobby.wav Forms: knobbier [comparative], knobbiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒbi Etymology: From knob + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|knob|y}} knob + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} knobby (comparative knobbier, superlative knobbiest)
  1. Resembling a knob. Translations (resembling a knob): knotig (German), knubbelig (German)
    Sense id: en-knobby-en-adj-5hOotFaz Disambiguation of 'resembling a knob': 97 3
  2. Having many knobs or knob-like projections. Translations (having many knobs or knob-like projections): huckelig (German), höckerig (German)
    Sense id: en-knobby-en-adj-NqcniwLr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 0 100 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'having many knobs or knob-like projections': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: knobbly, knobby-kneed, knobby seahorse, knobby starfish

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Carrie Weaver, Baby, I'M Yours, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The baby kicked energetically. She caressed a knobby knee or elbow.",
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          "ref": "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 2016-06-24:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "1975, Lunar Science Institute, Proceedings of the Sixth Lunar Science Conference, Houston, Texas:",
          "text": "Further evidence for the correlation of basin structures arises from the spatial relation in both basins of the massifs to the associated knobby terrain.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, NASA Technical Memorandum - Issue 4041, page 456:",
          "text": "The oldest surface identified has a crater retention age N(l) 230,000 and is found below the knobby terrain (K).",
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        }
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        "Having many knobs or knob-like projections."
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          "text": "Further evidence for the correlation of basin structures arises from the spatial relation in both basins of the massifs to the associated knobby terrain.",
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        },
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      "sense": "resembling a knob",
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    },
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      "sense": "resembling a knob",
      "word": "knubbelig"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "having many knobs or knob-like projections",
      "word": "höckerig"
    }
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