Nubby

Word NUBBY
Character 5
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Definitions and meanings of "Nubby"

What do we mean by nubby?

Knobbly; covered with small knobs.

Nub-like, resembling a small bump or protrusion; stubby.

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The word "nubby" in example sentences

"I believe it looks kind of nubby," encouraged the Angel, backing away, with her face all screwed into a twist in an effort to intensify her vision. ❋ Unknown (1904)

In no time it was nude, like a plucked chicken, its skin nubby and goose-pimply, as though without its feathers it had caught a chill. ❋ Dia Reeves (2011)

A salmon-colored sweatshirt for men treated to look faded and nubby jackets were meant to evoke Los Angeles' laid-back, lived-in vibe. ❋ Ray A. Smith (2011)

“Petite, blond, elegant in a nubby suit, a vaguely patrician accent hinting at her Harvard Law School and Smith College education, Jane Harman has a polished, camera-ready exterior, but an inner core of grit, discipline, and unquenched ambition,” a profiler once wrote in Mother Jones. ❋ Jeff Stein (2011)

Less than a year later, Parry had created an entire collection of sustainably-made clothing -- one comprised of classic feminine dresses, A-line skirts and suit separates made from nubby fabrics and with plenty of bow flourishes. ❋ Meredith Barnett (2011)

None are of my family; I don't think June knows where I keep the nubby blue cloth albums that chronicle my childhood. ❋ Michael Hartford (2011)

A kaftan that appeared to have been made from a starched white menswear shirt and a nubby, pointy-hooded robe-dress had a rugged Berber feel, while a quilted vest seemed to look to the Mongolian highlands for inspiration. ❋ Hilary Moss (2010)

Now available online, the Google Art reproduction makes it possible to see the faintest trace of white paint Whistler used to make his subject's eyes glisten, as well as the nubby, gridlike texture of the canvas underneath. ❋ Philip Kennicott (2011)

You spent your childhood in nubby pajamas, eating Velveeta straight from the pot, avoiding chainsmoke, so I just nodded and said Jesus and tried not to let on that half a million for a beautiful home within walking distance to a city was actually kind of reasonable. ❋ Amy Butcher (2011)

In a blender or processor, lightly puree it to a creamy/nubby consistency. ❋ The Splendid Table (2011)

I was wearing running shoes, a pair of jeans, a T-shirt, and a blue, nubby fleece, and when I heard about my luggage, I began to sob uncontrollably--at the gate, and when I sat down in the plane and stared out at the bleak London sky, wiping my nose on my sleeve. ❋ Helen Coster (2011)

The Times Squaring of visual life today, where intense-colored electric light in complex configurations is as common as a city street corner, can, of course, make acrylic paint on nubby canvas seem dull. ❋ Peter Plagens (2011)

From a Houston Press page that has information about this nubby toy: ❋ Unknown (2009)

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