Definitions for knuckles

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knuckles knuck·le

Spelling: [nuhk-uh l]

IPA: /ˈnʌk əl/

Knuckles is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in knuckles (cekklnsu).

Definitions for knuckles

noun

1. a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
2. the rounded prominence of such a joint when the finger is bent.
3. a joint of meat, consisting of the parts about the carpal or tarsal joint of a quadruped.
4. an angle or protrusion at the intersection of two members or surfaces, as in the timbers of a ship or in a roof.
5. brass knuckles.
6. a cylindrical projecting part on a hinge, through which an axis or pin passes; the joint of a hinge.
7. (in a wire mesh) a bend in a wire crossing another wire.
8. (on a chair arm) one of the ridges left at the front end by longitudinal flutes carved to accommodate the fingers.
9. Nautical. a pronounced edge formed by a change in the form of the shell of a hull.

Verb phrases

1. knuckle down, to apply oneself vigorously and earnestly; become serious: Also, knuckle under. to submit; yield.

verb (used with object)

1. to rub or press with the knuckles.
2. Marbles. to shoot (a marble) from the thumb and forefinger.

Origin of knuckles

1325-75; Middle English knokel (akin to Dutch kneukel, German Knöchel), diminutive of a word represented by Dutch knok, German Knochen bone; see -le

Examples for knuckles

Whereupon they shook hands with a grip that whitened their knuckles.

Kingozi's heart bounded, and his knuckles whitened as he gripped his rifle.

The woman danced opposite to him, this way and that, with her knuckles on her hips.

Maybe that was a gaffe, maybe a much-deserved rap on the Egyptian knuckles.

Boil one or two knuckles of veal, one or two shins of beef, and three pounds of beef, in as much water only as will cover them.

The soldier launches into a comical strut and pretends to polish his guard box with his knuckles.

Ray seemed to understand immediately and said “Yeah,” offering his knuckles.

The left raps your knuckles, and the right cuts off your hand and serves it to you for lunch.

And he wants the U.S. and its allies to maintain—if not strengthen—sanctions until Tehran knuckles under to that demand.

Ninian leant forward and tapped the table with his knuckles.