2syllables
knuckles
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Definitions ofknuckles
1noun
- Any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.
- (by extension) A mechanical joint.
- A cut of meat.
- 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.
- The joint of a plant.
- 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.
Example: "brass knuckles"
- The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
1verb
- To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles.
Example: "He knuckled the sleep from his eyes."
- To bend the fingers.
- To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
- To yield.
Synonyms: "knuckle under"
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