knobby UK /ˈnɒbi/US /ˈnɑbi/ adjective2 •Resembling a knob.The baby kicked energetically. She caressed a knobby knee or elbow. — 2012 •Having many knobs or knob-like projections.Further evidence for the correlation of basin structures arises from the spatial relation in both basins of the massifs to the associated knobby terrain. — 1975 formsknobbier · knobbiest