American English pronunciation
How to pronounce knuckle
IPA transcription: ['nʌkəl]
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Noun
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a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
Verb
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press or rub with the knuckles
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shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
Usage examples
- Bare-knuckle boxing fights were held at Smitham Bottom.
- To rap one's knuckles to clip one's wings
- However, as the series progresses, he is increasingly portrayed as somewhat knuckle-headed.
- To rap one's knuckles to clip one's wings.
- Ritual washing up to the knuckles is permitted.
- Fights under these rules were often contested with bare knuckles.
- To rap one's knuckles to clip one's wings.
- I now have a tan that ends abruptly at my knuckles where they were curled over my handlebars.
- Some hilts featured a thin knuckle-bow to protect the fingers.
- I now have a tan that ends abruptly at my knuckles where they were curled over my handlebars.