ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Knucklebones

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Knucklebones is a noun meaning plural of knucklebone.

Meaning

plural of knucklebone.

More Meanings

  1. A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules.

Synonyms for knucklebones

Depending on context, synonyms include dibs, jacks, jackstones.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jacks, jackstones, checkstones, bunnock, knuckleball, knuckleballer.

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