knob·by

[nob-ee]
adjective, knob·bi·er, knob·bi·est.
1.
full of or covered with knobs: the knobby trunk of a tree.
2.
shaped like a knob.

Origin:
1535–45; knob + -y1

knob·bi·ness, noun
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knob (nɒb) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a rounded projection from a surface, such as a lump on a tree trunk
2.  a handle of a door, drawer, etc, esp one that is rounded
3.  a round hill or knoll or morainic ridge
4.  taboo (Brit) a slang word for penis
5.  informal (Brit) and the same to you with knobs on, and the same to you with brass knobs on the same to you but even more so
 
vb , knobs, knobbing, knobbed
6.  (tr) to supply or ornament with knobs
7.  (intr) to form into a knob; bulge
8.  taboo (Brit) to have sexual intercourse with (someone)
 
[C14: from Middle Low German knobbe knot in wood; see knop]
 
'knobby
 
adj
 
'knoblike
 
adj

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knobby (ˈnɒbɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj , -bier, -biest
having or covered with small knobs; knobbly

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Example sentences
The exterior surface is an uninteresting, drab rind, often with a knobby
  appearance.
The limestone is somewhat knobby and is high in clay content.
But there is a certain call of the wild to its knobby topography.
Its dark and knobby antennae are nearly as long as its body.
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