Knuckle

Quick meaning: Knuckle is a noun meaning Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.

Meaning

Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A mechanical joint.
2. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
3. The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly, the kneejoint of a human being.
4. A cut of meat of various kinds.
5. (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.
6. 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.
7. (obsolete) The joint of a plant.

Example Sentences

brass knuckles

He knuckled the sleep from his eyes.

With wearie knockles on thy brim she kneeled sadly downe

Only then I knuckled him. He had to be taught a hard lesson.

Word Forms

• knuckles
• knuckling
• knuckled

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include duster, buckle, articulation, dusters, knucklebone, knuck.

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