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Knuckle - What does it mean?

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knuckle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.
  • (by extension) A mechanical joint.
  • A cut of meat.
  • (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
  • The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
  • * Golding
    • With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly down.
  • (obsolete) The joint of a plant.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • (shipbuilding) 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.
  • 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

    Derived terms

    * brass knuckles * knuckle down * knuckle joint * knuckle under * knuckleball * knuckledragger * knuckleduster * knucklehead * knuckle sandwich * near the knuckle * white-knuckled * white knuckle ride

    Verb

    (knuckl)
  • To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles.
    • He knuckled the sleep from his eyes.

    Not English

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