Usually means: Textured with small, raised bumps.
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  1. nubby: Merriam-Webster
  2. nubby: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nubby: Collins English Dictionary
  4. nubby: Vocabulary.com
  5. nubby: Wordnik
  6. nubby: Wiktionary
  7. nubby: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. nubby: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. nubby: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. nubby: Dictionary.com
  11. nubby: Rhymezone
  12. nubby: FreeDictionary.org
  13. nubby: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. nubby: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. nubby: Encyclopedia

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  1. nubby: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nubby)

▸ adjective:  Knobbly; covered with small knobs.
▸ adjective:  Nub-like, resembling a small bump or protrusion; stubby.

Similar:
nubbly, tweedy, homespun, rough, unsmooth, slubbed, knobbly, nobbly, knubby, knubbled, more...

Opposite:
smooth, sleek, polished, even

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Similar:
nubbly, tweedy, homespun, rough, unsmooth, slubbed, knobbly, nobbly, knubby, knubbled, more...

Opposite:
smooth, sleek, polished, even



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