knuckle English

Meaning knuckle meaning

What does knuckle mean?

Definitions in simple English

knuckle Noun

— A knuckle is the joint of a finger, especially the bottom joint of a finger.

knuckle

— noun a joint of a finger when the fist is closed

— verb shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground

— verb press or rub with the knuckles

Synonyms knuckle synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as knuckle?

knuckle English » English

joint

finger joint

wrist

node

metacarpophalangeal joint

knuckle joint

knot

elbow

bulge

vertebra

tuber

toggle joint

toggle

time

submit

stub axle

steering knuckle

slewing journal

section

phalanx

occasion

nub

neck

knucklejoint

knuckle-duster

knuckle pivot

kneecap

hock

ham

give way

fist

finger-joint

finger knuckle

elbow joint

disjoint

dactylopodite

cubitus

back of the knee

articulation

anklebone

ankle

Topics knuckle topics

What do people use knuckle to talk about?

Person Body Limb

Finger, toe

• What words refer to the parts of a finger or toe?
  knuckle fingertip fingerprint

Person Body

Bone, joint

• What words refer to a joint between two bones?
  joint knuckle (of finger) elbow knee hip coronal suture

Physical actions Move something Handle something

Actions of the hand

• What other actions are done with the hands?
  tickle pinch crack a knuckle hug embrace

Examples knuckle examples

How do I use knuckle in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Ok. I knuckle down.

Movie subtitles

The lady next to him is a knuckle cracker.

Yeah, Starbuck, you better knuckle down.

I don't want these two pitching knuckle balls at me at the same time.

A bit nearthe knuckle, perhaps?

I thought it was a pig's knuckle.

Rance. After all you've taught us, how can you say we should knuckle under now?

Don't believe it? Maybe a knuckle sandwich will convince you.

I've thought of the humiliation if we just tamely submit, knuckle under and crawl.

Yes, and you can win it, if you knuckle down to your training.

Are you suggesting we should knuckle under?

Prague is full of emancipated intellectuals neglected by their husbands and you want us to knuckle under.

Knuckle of veal on rice.

Done the knuckle in.

You want a knuckle sandwich?

Some day I'm going to skin a knuckle on that four-eyed gent.

Here you have to knuckle down.

But ruin had knocked at our door with her bony knuckle.

You survived to. once more knuckle down to him.

Cut the baloney or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich and you'll be eating humble pie.

Heel muscle. Breast. Knuckle.

After all you've taught us, how can you say we should knuckle under now?

You've been throwing me like a knuckle ball.

Why the hell does he bother to knuckle under now?

Knuckle's squished up back here.

Meet the swellest guy I ever skinned a knuckle on.

So why should we knuckle under?

You'd want a man like me, who'd knuckle under to no one - least of all you.

You blind, knuckle- headed squirrel!

Hey, the knuckle is for Ritou!

Say, where's the knuckle?

On him, you knuckle brain!

I grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and I hit him. Done the knuckle in.

Knuckle's squished up back here. Yeah, it's been six weeks.

I've been downstairs entertaining some kid from Pig's Knuckle, Arkansas.

We'll make an incision just below the knuckle there.

No knuckle walking. Shorter arms.

News and current affairs

Many contend that the agenda is being driven by knuckle-dragging climate-change deniers.