Sekirov Dictionary

knuckle

/ˈnʌkəl/

noun 9
verb 6
forms 3
phrases 5

noun9

Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
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The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly, the kneejoint of a human being.
- With wearie knockles on thy brim she kneeled sadly downe — 1567
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A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
- brass knuckles
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A cut of meat of various kinds.
- Beef knuckle is from the knee joint. Pork knuckle, or ham hock, is from the joint between the tibia/fibula and the metatarsals of the foot of a pig, where the foot was attached to the leg.
A mechanical joint.
The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
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(no longer used) The joint of a plant.
- In the West Indies there are found, even in sandy deserts and very dry places, large canes, which at every joint or knuckle yield a good supply of fresh water — 1623

verb6

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To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles.
- He knuckled the sleep from his eyes.
- She knuckled her eyes in disbelief.
(figurative) To yield.
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(slang) To strike or punch.
- Only then I knuckled him. He had to be taught a hard lesson. — 2014
To bend the fingers.
To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
To land on the knuckle of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.

forms

knuckled · knuckling · knuckles

Phrases with knuckle

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