Definition of nubby in English:

nubby

(also nubbly)

adjective ˈnʌbiˈnəbi

1(of fabric) coarse or knobbly in texture.
nubby blue cotton
Example sentencesExamples
- And last night I went to Chinatown and bought some gorgeous raspberry nubbly silk, which tonight I made into curtains for my living room.
- Berber is a little harder to sew than fleece, but it is also a little warmer, because it traps air in the nubby surface, thereby insulating the wearer.
- Features include a nubby texture in the fabric and black pearl buttons.
- The aspiring journalists and politicos go in for the Men's Wearhouse look: The shiny wool-blend kind worn with a nubby polyester tie, belt below the gut.
- I brushed your nubbly sweater once at Galapagos but I was too shy to speak.
- Across his shoulders and around his neck is a protective nubbly covering, possibly derived from a seedpod found on the forest floor.
- Stand under steaming hot water and rub your entire body with a loofah or a nubby washcloth.
- Many children have blankets, or a favorite nubby stuffed animal that they like to keep near them for security.
- Her fabrication ranges from rich tweed with nubby (yet soft to the touch) textures, silk crêpe, georgette, satin and various (heavy to light) jerseys.
- Chinchilla cloth is a heavy, spongy woolen overcoat fabric with a long nap that has been rubbed into a curly, nubby finish.
- A smartly cut, nubby grey dress is finished off with a flirty feathery hemline, while a fabulous brown flared skirt got a lift from a spray of guinea hen feathers.
- Our cat never scratches the couch and only focuses on the chair, I assume because it's more satisfying to have his claws stuck in the nubbly fabric.
- This substance was composed of strips cut from stalks of the papyrus reed, which were dried, laid across each other crosswise, and glued together to form a somewhat nubby writing surface.
- Frieze is a nubby twisted pile, it's less formal looking but will wear well.
- Typical Bowmore suppleness but a tannic astringency cuts into its usual velvety texture and turns it into nubbly silk.
- It is like a nubby silk shantung, this culture thing.
- Lopsided she smiled as she wrapped masking tape around her hand to snatch naps from the nubby lemon sleeves.
- ACG also is offering denim blended with hemp and linen, as well as a pure cotton denim with a nubby fill that creates the look of a nubby hemp.
- I calmed down, breathing deeply and squelching my toes in the nubbly carpeting.
- In one corner, swatches of nubby, charcoal gray carpet roll through a glue machine that coats them with liquid adhesive so they can be affixed to the finished containers.
1. 1.1 Stubby or lumpy.
  the nubby points of the new leaves
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is perfect and subtle stuff: smoky from the eggplant's grill-induced char, with a light, nubbly texture more interesting than a resolutely smooth purée's.
  I value it for its nubbly texture and nutty flavour.
  Suddenly those nubby little ends of pine branches that collect in the corners of tent floors are all over the place.
  I had silky pears, heavy with syrup, cold, nubbly ice cream and warm, velvety chocolate sauce.
  Rubin designed the stylish, quasi-industrial new bakery, with its double-height plate-glass windows, down to the nubby recycled-cardboard dishware.
  Fruit is borne on spurs, 1-to 3-inch nubby twigs, on 2-to 6-year-old branches.
  The nubby, shark's-fin radio aerial on the roof is the give-away: the A6 is a kind of racing saloon, a coupe with nothing cut off.
  He was a balding, buck-toothed and sweaty short man, and thank God I only had to see his odorous nubby head twice before the drugs started working.
  The thing is white, in high contrast to his nubby teeth, and he maneuvers it around his mouth.
  The night before, Brandon and I had hovered together over a flour-dusted counter, turning tiny lumps of pasta dough into rough, nubby spirals.
  You've likely seen fresh ginger in the grocery store: a tan-brown and nubby root, lying in baskets in the cooler section of the produce department.
  His button eyes, his nubby fur, his watch-collar - he may not be the spiffiest dog on the block, but for Pets.com it was love at first sight.
  This is by no means essential, but I like to do it to give the crumble a more interesting, nubbly texture.
  Her people have beady round eyes and nubby, square teeth, and tend to look startled, with O-shaped mouths gaping wide.
  His head was shaved bald, with four nubby horns on the top.
  In a matter of days, if not hours, the little indentation in the middle of my belly is going to erupt in a volcanic burst of nubbly flesh, and all at once I will be sporting the dreaded pregnant belly button.
  The space between becomes the nubbly texture of history.
  The thread that unravels from this cocoon is tangled and nubby, thus producing the texture of the doupioni.
  Cut fresh, nonflowering soft stem tips just below a leaf node (the nubby joint where the leaves attach to the stem) anytime during summer; about four inches is good.
  The spinach and arugula salad is dressed with fragrant rosemary oil and tossed with hickory nuts and a forest floor's worth of nubby, exotic mushrooms, and further bejeweled with a spoonful of very young, very fresh chèvre.

Origin

Early 19th century (as nubbly): derivative of nubble.

Rhymes

chubby, clubby, cubby, grubby, hubby, scrubby, shrubby, stubby, tubby

Definition of nubby in US English:

nubby

(also nubbly)

adjectiveˈnəbiˈnəbē

1(of fabric) coarse or knobbly in texture.
upholstered in nubby blue cotton
Example sentencesExamples
- I brushed your nubbly sweater once at Galapagos but I was too shy to speak.
- Many children have blankets, or a favorite nubby stuffed animal that they like to keep near them for security.
- Chinchilla cloth is a heavy, spongy woolen overcoat fabric with a long nap that has been rubbed into a curly, nubby finish.
- Lopsided she smiled as she wrapped masking tape around her hand to snatch naps from the nubby lemon sleeves.
- I calmed down, breathing deeply and squelching my toes in the nubbly carpeting.
- The aspiring journalists and politicos go in for the Men's Wearhouse look: The shiny wool-blend kind worn with a nubby polyester tie, belt below the gut.
- Frieze is a nubby twisted pile, it's less formal looking but will wear well.
- It is like a nubby silk shantung, this culture thing.
- A smartly cut, nubby grey dress is finished off with a flirty feathery hemline, while a fabulous brown flared skirt got a lift from a spray of guinea hen feathers.
- And last night I went to Chinatown and bought some gorgeous raspberry nubbly silk, which tonight I made into curtains for my living room.
- Our cat never scratches the couch and only focuses on the chair, I assume because it's more satisfying to have his claws stuck in the nubbly fabric.
- In one corner, swatches of nubby, charcoal gray carpet roll through a glue machine that coats them with liquid adhesive so they can be affixed to the finished containers.
- Stand under steaming hot water and rub your entire body with a loofah or a nubby washcloth.
- ACG also is offering denim blended with hemp and linen, as well as a pure cotton denim with a nubby fill that creates the look of a nubby hemp.
- Typical Bowmore suppleness but a tannic astringency cuts into its usual velvety texture and turns it into nubbly silk.
- Her fabrication ranges from rich tweed with nubby (yet soft to the touch) textures, silk crêpe, georgette, satin and various (heavy to light) jerseys.
- Across his shoulders and around his neck is a protective nubbly covering, possibly derived from a seedpod found on the forest floor.
- Features include a nubby texture in the fabric and black pearl buttons.
- Berber is a little harder to sew than fleece, but it is also a little warmer, because it traps air in the nubby surface, thereby insulating the wearer.
- This substance was composed of strips cut from stalks of the papyrus reed, which were dried, laid across each other crosswise, and glued together to form a somewhat nubby writing surface.
1. 1.1 Stubby or lumpy.
  the nubby points of the new leaves
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is perfect and subtle stuff: smoky from the eggplant's grill-induced char, with a light, nubbly texture more interesting than a resolutely smooth purée's.
  The spinach and arugula salad is dressed with fragrant rosemary oil and tossed with hickory nuts and a forest floor's worth of nubby, exotic mushrooms, and further bejeweled with a spoonful of very young, very fresh chèvre.
  His head was shaved bald, with four nubby horns on the top.
  The thing is white, in high contrast to his nubby teeth, and he maneuvers it around his mouth.
  Rubin designed the stylish, quasi-industrial new bakery, with its double-height plate-glass windows, down to the nubby recycled-cardboard dishware.
  In a matter of days, if not hours, the little indentation in the middle of my belly is going to erupt in a volcanic burst of nubbly flesh, and all at once I will be sporting the dreaded pregnant belly button.
  Fruit is borne on spurs, 1-to 3-inch nubby twigs, on 2-to 6-year-old branches.
  You've likely seen fresh ginger in the grocery store: a tan-brown and nubby root, lying in baskets in the cooler section of the produce department.
  Her people have beady round eyes and nubby, square teeth, and tend to look startled, with O-shaped mouths gaping wide.
  Suddenly those nubby little ends of pine branches that collect in the corners of tent floors are all over the place.
  The space between becomes the nubbly texture of history.
  The thread that unravels from this cocoon is tangled and nubby, thus producing the texture of the doupioni.
  This is by no means essential, but I like to do it to give the crumble a more interesting, nubbly texture.
  His button eyes, his nubby fur, his watch-collar - he may not be the spiffiest dog on the block, but for Pets.com it was love at first sight.
  The night before, Brandon and I had hovered together over a flour-dusted counter, turning tiny lumps of pasta dough into rough, nubby spirals.
  The nubby, shark's-fin radio aerial on the roof is the give-away: the A6 is a kind of racing saloon, a coupe with nothing cut off.
  He was a balding, buck-toothed and sweaty short man, and thank God I only had to see his odorous nubby head twice before the drugs started working.
  I had silky pears, heavy with syrup, cold, nubbly ice cream and warm, velvety chocolate sauce.
  I value it for its nubbly texture and nutty flavour.
  Cut fresh, nonflowering soft stem tips just below a leaf node (the nubby joint where the leaves attach to the stem) anytime during summer; about four inches is good.

Origin

Early 19th century (as nubbly): derivative of nubble.

单词	nubby
释义	Definition of nubby in English: nubby (also nubbly) adjective ˈnʌbiˈnəbi US 1(of fabric) coarse or knobbly in texture. nubby blue cotton Example sentencesExamples And last night I went to Chinatown and bought some gorgeous raspberry nubbly silk, which tonight I made into curtains for my living room. Berber is a little harder to sew than fleece, but it is also a little warmer, because it traps air in the nubby surface, thereby insulating the wearer. Features include a nubby texture in the fabric and black pearl buttons. The aspiring journalists and politicos go in for the Men's Wearhouse look: The shiny wool-blend kind worn with a nubby polyester tie, belt below the gut. I brushed your nubbly sweater once at Galapagos but I was too shy to speak. Across his shoulders and around his neck is a protective nubbly covering, possibly derived from a seedpod found on the forest floor. Stand under steaming hot water and rub your entire body with a loofah or a nubby washcloth. Many children have blankets, or a favorite nubby stuffed animal that they like to keep near them for security. Her fabrication ranges from rich tweed with nubby (yet soft to the touch) textures, silk crêpe, georgette, satin and various (heavy to light) jerseys. Chinchilla cloth is a heavy, spongy woolen overcoat fabric with a long nap that has been rubbed into a curly, nubby finish. A smartly cut, nubby grey dress is finished off with a flirty feathery hemline, while a fabulous brown flared skirt got a lift from a spray of guinea hen feathers. Our cat never scratches the couch and only focuses on the chair, I assume because it's more satisfying to have his claws stuck in the nubbly fabric. This substance was composed of strips cut from stalks of the papyrus reed, which were dried, laid across each other crosswise, and glued together to form a somewhat nubby writing surface. Frieze is a nubby twisted pile, it's less formal looking but will wear well. Typical Bowmore suppleness but a tannic astringency cuts into its usual velvety texture and turns it into nubbly silk. It is like a nubby silk shantung, this culture thing. Lopsided she smiled as she wrapped masking tape around her hand to snatch naps from the nubby lemon sleeves. ACG also is offering denim blended with hemp and linen, as well as a pure cotton denim with a nubby fill that creates the look of a nubby hemp. I calmed down, breathing deeply and squelching my toes in the nubbly carpeting. In one corner, swatches of nubby, charcoal gray carpet roll through a glue machine that coats them with liquid adhesive so they can be affixed to the finished containers. 1.1 Stubby or lumpy. the nubby points of the new leaves Example sentencesExamples It is perfect and subtle stuff: smoky from the eggplant's grill-induced char, with a light, nubbly texture more interesting than a resolutely smooth purée's. I value it for its nubbly texture and nutty flavour. Suddenly those nubby little ends of pine branches that collect in the corners of tent floors are all over the place. I had silky pears, heavy with syrup, cold, nubbly ice cream and warm, velvety chocolate sauce. Rubin designed the stylish, quasi-industrial new bakery, with its double-height plate-glass windows, down to the nubby recycled-cardboard dishware. Fruit is borne on spurs, 1-to 3-inch nubby twigs, on 2-to 6-year-old branches. The nubby, shark's-fin radio aerial on the roof is the give-away: the A6 is a kind of racing saloon, a coupe with nothing cut off. He was a balding, buck-toothed and sweaty short man, and thank God I only had to see his odorous nubby head twice before the drugs started working. The thing is white, in high contrast to his nubby teeth, and he maneuvers it around his mouth. The night before, Brandon and I had hovered together over a flour-dusted counter, turning tiny lumps of pasta dough into rough, nubby spirals. You've likely seen fresh ginger in the grocery store: a tan-brown and nubby root, lying in baskets in the cooler section of the produce department. His button eyes, his nubby fur, his watch-collar - he may not be the spiffiest dog on the block, but for Pets.com it was love at first sight. This is by no means essential, but I like to do it to give the crumble a more interesting, nubbly texture. Her people have beady round eyes and nubby, square teeth, and tend to look startled, with O-shaped mouths gaping wide. His head was shaved bald, with four nubby horns on the top. In a matter of days, if not hours, the little indentation in the middle of my belly is going to erupt in a volcanic burst of nubbly flesh, and all at once I will be sporting the dreaded pregnant belly button. The space between becomes the nubbly texture of history. The thread that unravels from this cocoon is tangled and nubby, thus producing the texture of the doupioni. Cut fresh, nonflowering soft stem tips just below a leaf node (the nubby joint where the leaves attach to the stem) anytime during summer; about four inches is good. The spinach and arugula salad is dressed with fragrant rosemary oil and tossed with hickory nuts and a forest floor's worth of nubby, exotic mushrooms, and further bejeweled with a spoonful of very young, very fresh chèvre. Origin Early 19th century (as nubbly): derivative of nubble. Rhymes chubby, clubby, cubby, grubby, hubby, scrubby, shrubby, stubby, tubby Definition of nubby in US English: nubby (also nubbly) adjectiveˈnəbiˈnəbē US 1(of fabric) coarse or knobbly in texture. upholstered in nubby blue cotton Example sentencesExamples I brushed your nubbly sweater once at Galapagos but I was too shy to speak. Many children have blankets, or a favorite nubby stuffed animal that they like to keep near them for security. Chinchilla cloth is a heavy, spongy woolen overcoat fabric with a long nap that has been rubbed into a curly, nubby finish. Lopsided she smiled as she wrapped masking tape around her hand to snatch naps from the nubby lemon sleeves. I calmed down, breathing deeply and squelching my toes in the nubbly carpeting. The aspiring journalists and politicos go in for the Men's Wearhouse look: The shiny wool-blend kind worn with a nubby polyester tie, belt below the gut. Frieze is a nubby twisted pile, it's less formal looking but will wear well. It is like a nubby silk shantung, this culture thing. A smartly cut, nubby grey dress is finished off with a flirty feathery hemline, while a fabulous brown flared skirt got a lift from a spray of guinea hen feathers. And last night I went to Chinatown and bought some gorgeous raspberry nubbly silk, which tonight I made into curtains for my living room. Our cat never scratches the couch and only focuses on the chair, I assume because it's more satisfying to have his claws stuck in the nubbly fabric. In one corner, swatches of nubby, charcoal gray carpet roll through a glue machine that coats them with liquid adhesive so they can be affixed to the finished containers. Stand under steaming hot water and rub your entire body with a loofah or a nubby washcloth. ACG also is offering denim blended with hemp and linen, as well as a pure cotton denim with a nubby fill that creates the look of a nubby hemp. Typical Bowmore suppleness but a tannic astringency cuts into its usual velvety texture and turns it into nubbly silk. Her fabrication ranges from rich tweed with nubby (yet soft to the touch) textures, silk crêpe, georgette, satin and various (heavy to light) jerseys. Across his shoulders and around his neck is a protective nubbly covering, possibly derived from a seedpod found on the forest floor. Features include a nubby texture in the fabric and black pearl buttons. Berber is a little harder to sew than fleece, but it is also a little warmer, because it traps air in the nubby surface, thereby insulating the wearer. This substance was composed of strips cut from stalks of the papyrus reed, which were dried, laid across each other crosswise, and glued together to form a somewhat nubby writing surface. 1.1 Stubby or lumpy. the nubby points of the new leaves Example sentencesExamples It is perfect and subtle stuff: smoky from the eggplant's grill-induced char, with a light, nubbly texture more interesting than a resolutely smooth purée's. The spinach and arugula salad is dressed with fragrant rosemary oil and tossed with hickory nuts and a forest floor's worth of nubby, exotic mushrooms, and further bejeweled with a spoonful of very young, very fresh chèvre. His head was shaved bald, with four nubby horns on the top. The thing is white, in high contrast to his nubby teeth, and he maneuvers it around his mouth. Rubin designed the stylish, quasi-industrial new bakery, with its double-height plate-glass windows, down to the nubby recycled-cardboard dishware. In a matter of days, if not hours, the little indentation in the middle of my belly is going to erupt in a volcanic burst of nubbly flesh, and all at once I will be sporting the dreaded pregnant belly button. Fruit is borne on spurs, 1-to 3-inch nubby twigs, on 2-to 6-year-old branches. You've likely seen fresh ginger in the grocery store: a tan-brown and nubby root, lying in baskets in the cooler section of the produce department. Her people have beady round eyes and nubby, square teeth, and tend to look startled, with O-shaped mouths gaping wide. Suddenly those nubby little ends of pine branches that collect in the corners of tent floors are all over the place. The space between becomes the nubbly texture of history. The thread that unravels from this cocoon is tangled and nubby, thus producing the texture of the doupioni. This is by no means essential, but I like to do it to give the crumble a more interesting, nubbly texture. His button eyes, his nubby fur, his watch-collar - he may not be the spiffiest dog on the block, but for Pets.com it was love at first sight. The night before, Brandon and I had hovered together over a flour-dusted counter, turning tiny lumps of pasta dough into rough, nubby spirals. The nubby, shark's-fin radio aerial on the roof is the give-away: the A6 is a kind of racing saloon, a coupe with nothing cut off. He was a balding, buck-toothed and sweaty short man, and thank God I only had to see his odorous nubby head twice before the drugs started working. I had silky pears, heavy with syrup, cold, nubbly ice cream and warm, velvety chocolate sauce. I value it for its nubbly texture and nutty flavour. Cut fresh, nonflowering soft stem tips just below a leaf node (the nubby joint where the leaves attach to the stem) anytime during summer; about four inches is good. Origin Early 19th century (as nubbly): derivative of nubble.
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