What (who) is knobby - definition
1930–1984 AMERICAN COMIC STRIP
Knobby Walsh
![Joe Palooka plays golf with [[Bob Hope]] and [[Bing Crosby]] in a 1949 ''Joe Palooka'' strip by Ham Fisher and Moe Leff.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joepalooka1949.jpg?width=200 "Joe Palooka plays golf with [[Bob Hope]] and [[Bing Crosby]] in a 1949 ''Joe Palooka'' strip by Ham Fisher and Moe Leff.")
![''The Knockout'' (1947) with [[Joe Kirkwood, Jr.]] as Joe Palooka.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Knockout 1947.jpg?width=200 "''The Knockout'' (1947) with [[Joe Kirkwood, Jr.]] as Joe Palooka.")
knobby
see knobbly
Knobby
·adj Irregular; stubborn in particulars.
II. Knobby ·adj Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly.
III. Knobby ·adj Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances.
knobby
Odd, involved, or unorthodox method of solving a problem.
My solution to your problem is knobby, but if you don't mind going through several steps, you can repair your unit though no orthodox repair method is published.
My solution to your problem is knobby, but if you don't mind going through several steps, you can repair your unit though no orthodox repair method is published.
Wikipedia
Joe Palooka
Joe Palooka was an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher. The strip debuted on April 19, 1930 and was carried at its peak by 900 newspapers. It was cancelled in 1984.
The strip was adapted to a 15-minute CBS radio series, 12 feature-length films (chiefly from Monogram Pictures), nine Vitaphone film shorts, a 1954 syndicated television series (The Joe Palooka Story), comic books and merchandise, including a 1940s board game, a 1947 New Haven Clock & Watch Company wristwatch, a 1948 metal lunchbox featuring depictions of Joe, Humphrey and Little Max, and a 1946 Wheaties cereal box cut-out mask. In 1980, a mountain in Pennsylvania was named for the character.
Pronunciation examples for knobby
1. by knobby winter tires.
The Accidental Terrorist _ William Shunn _ Talks at Google
2. with that knobby thing that puked on Anoop?
Telling Our Way to the Seas _ Aaron Hirsh _ Talks at Google
3. The skin, stretched taut over the knobby body,
Telling Our Way to the Seas _ Aaron Hirsh _ Talks at Google
4. As the knobby creature slides from one hand to the other,
Telling Our Way to the Seas _ Aaron Hirsh _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of knobby
1. One new vehicle looks like a small all–terrain vehicle with four larger knobby tires.
2. "She was known as a ‘Knobby Betty‘ – she always knew what was going on first.
3. That‘s crooked," James Jackson, 61, explained, holding up his knobby thumbs and fingers one by one.
4. The girl, whose spindly legs and knobby knees gave no hint of such stamina, appeared to embody the come–from–behind determination of many Chinese to see their country win big at the Beijing Games.
5. But it is the plan to hunt the humpback _ a favorite among whale–watchers for its distinctive knobby head, intelligence and out–of–the–water acrobatics _ that has triggered environmentalists‘ condemnation.