knuckle

[knuck·le]

Your knuckles are the joints in your fingers that are farthest from your fingernails. When you clench your hand into a fist, your knuckles are especially prominent.

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The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.

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

n.
The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.

n.
The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.

n.
The joint of a plant.

n.
The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.

n.
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.

n.
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; as, brass knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster.

v. i.
To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.

v. t.
To beat with the knuckles; to pommel.

Knuckle

Knuc"kle , n. [OE. knokel, knokil, AS. cuncel; akin to D. knokkel, OFries. knokele, knokle, G. kn'94chel, Sw. knoge, Dan. knokkel, G. knochen bone, and perh. to E. knock.] 1. The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers. Davenant. 2. The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.

With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly down.

3. The joint of a plant. [Obs.] Bacon. 4. (Mech.) The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint. 5. (Shipbuilding) 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. 6. 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; as, brass knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster. [Slang.] Knuckle joint (Mach.), a hinge joint, in which a projection with an eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between two corresponding projections with eyes, on another piece, and is retained by a pin which passes through the eyes and forms the pivot. -- Knuckle of veal (Cookery), the lower part of a leg of veal, from the line of the body to the knuckle.

Knuckle

Knuc"kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Knuckled ;; p. pr. & vb. n. Knuckling .] To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under. To knuckle to. (a) To submit to in a contest; to yield to. [Colloq.] See To knock under, under Knock, v. i. (b) To apply one's self vigorously or earnestly to; as, to knuckle to work. [Colloq.]

Knuckle

Knuc"kle, v. t. To beat with the knuckles; to pommel. [R.] Horace Smith.

The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.

To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.

To beat with the knuckles; to pommel.

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Usage Examples

Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms of someone who has a troubled relationship with their father. And yet, I never had a problem with my father.

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