nubbly

or knub·bly

[ nuhb-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, nub·bli·er, nub·bli·est.

Origin of nubbly¹

First recorded in 1820–30; nubble + -y ¹

So he said to the 'Stute Fish, 'This man is very nubbly, and besides he is making me hiccough.

The American altogether forgot his speech at Nubbly Creek, and found the aristocrat's society to be very pleasant.

But he did not wash any gems out of his shock of little nubbly curls.

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