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What does nubby mean?

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Adjective
  1. Knobbly; covered with small knobs.
  2. Nub-like, resembling a small bump or protrusion; stubby.
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Suddenly those nubby little ends of pine branches that collect in the corners of tent floors are all over the place.
The thread that unravels from this cocoon is tangled and nubby, thus producing the texture of the doupioni.
Fruit is borne on spurs, 1-to 3-inch nubby twigs, on 2-to 6-year-old branches.
The night before, Brandon and I had hovered together over a flour-dusted counter, turning tiny lumps of pasta dough into rough, nubby spirals.
Her people have beady round eyes and nubby, square teeth, and tend to look startled, with O-shaped mouths gaping wide.
The thing is white, in high contrast to his nubby teeth, and he maneuvers it around his mouth.

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