rap someone's knuckles (English, verb)
expansion: rap someone's knuckles (third-person singular simple present raps someone's knuckles, present participle rapping someone's knuckles, simple past and past participle rapped someone's knuckles)
Senses:
glosses: to tap one's knuckles on an object such as a desk or wall to attract attention or as a signal of commmunication.
tags: literally
glosses: to give someone a punishment.
tags: dated
idiomatic
glosses: to strike someone on the back of the hand usually as a method of punishment.
tags: archaic
literally
Forms:
form: raps someone's knuckles
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rapping someone's knuckles
tags: participle
present
form: rapped someone's knuckles
tags: participle
past
form: rapped someone's knuckles
tags: past