knuckle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nŭkˈ-əl
ipa: /ˈnʌkəl/
rhymes: -ʌkəl
Forms: form: knuckles
Etymology: From Middle English knokel (“finger joint”), from Old English cnucel (“the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint”), from Proto-West Germanic *knukil, from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz (“knuckle, knot, bump”), as *knukô (“bone, joint”) + *-ilaz (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Dutch knokkel (“knuckle”), Low German Knökel (“knuckle”), German Knöchel (“ankle, knuckle”), Old Norse knykill.
Senses: glosses: Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
glosses: A mechanical joint.
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
examples: text: With wearie knockles on thy brim she kneeled sadly downe
ref: 1567, Ovid, “(please specify the book number or chapter)”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC:
glosses: The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly, the kneejoint of a human being.
examples: text: Beef knuckle is from the knee joint. Pork knuckle, or ham hock, is from the joint between the tibia/fibula and the metatarsals of the foot of a pig, where the foot was attached to the leg.
glosses: A cut of meat of various kinds.
examples: text: In the West Indies there are found, even in sandy deserts and very dry places, large canes, which at every joint or knuckle yield a good supply of fresh water
ref: 1623, Francis Bacon, The History of Dense and Rare:
glosses: The joint of a plant.
topics: business
manufacturing
shipbuilding
glosses: 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.
examples: text: brass knuckles
glosses: 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.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
Derived terms: sense: With this term at the beginning
word: knuckleball
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word: knucklebone
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word: knuckleboom
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word: knucklecurve
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word: knuckleheaded
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word: knucklelike
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word: knuckler
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word: knucklesome
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word: knucklewalk
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word: knucklewalker
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word: knuckly
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word: knuckle bow
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word: knuckle-buster
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word: knuckle children
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word: knuckle dragger
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word: knuckle-dragging
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word: knuckle duster
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word: knucklehead
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word: knuckle joint
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word: knuckle sandwich
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word: knuckle-scraper
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word: knuckle-tat
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word: knuckle-walking
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word: bare-knuckle → bare-knuckle boxing
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word: brass knuckles
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word: five-knuckle shuffle
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word: fuck-knuckle
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word: interknuckle
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word: moose knuckle
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word: near the knuckle
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word: pea-knuckle → pea-knuckle war
sense: With this term at the end
word: white-knuckle → white-knuckle ride