knuckle
11knuckle — I UK [ˈnʌk(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms knuckle : singular knuckle plural knuckles 1) [usually plural] one of the parts where your fingers can bend or where they join your hand 2) a piece of meat from an animal s lower leg • near the… …
12knuckle — knuck|le1 [ nʌkl ] noun count 1. ) usually plural one of the parts where your fingers can bend or where they join your hand 2. ) a piece of meat from an animal s lower leg near the knuckle BRITISH INFORMAL rude and slightly offensive, especially… …
13knuckle — 1 noun 1 (C) the joints in your fingers including the ones where your fingers join your hands 2 (C) a piece of meat around the lowest leg joint: a knuckle of pork 3 near the knuckle BrE informal rude, or likely to give offence: Some of his jokes… …
14knuckle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English knokel; akin to Middle High German knöchel knuckle Date: 14th century 1. a. the rounded prominence formed by the ends of the two adjacent bones at a joint used especially of those at the joints of the fingers b.… …
15knuckle — noun 1》 a part of a finger at a joint where the bone is near the surface. 2》 a projection of the carpal or tarsal joint of a quadruped. ↘a joint of meat consisting of such a projection together with the adjoining parts. verb 1》 (knuckle down) …
16Knuckle — The knuckles are the joints of the fingers and toes, which are brought into prominence when the hand is clenched and a fist is made. The word is derived from the diminutive of a word for bone, found in German Knochen/Knoechlein. Medically, it is… …
17knuckle — knuckly, adj. /nuk euhl/, n., v., knuckled, knuckling. n. 1. a joint of a finger, esp. 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… …
18knuckle — n 1. finger joint, knucklebone; joint, articulation, geniculation; angle, bend, crook, hook. 2. joint of meat, cut of meat. v 3. knuckle down Informal. apply oneself, exert oneself, lay oneself out, put oneself out; buckle down, get down to, put… …
19Knuckle — The dorsal aspect of the flexed metacarpophalangeal joint. Knuckle may be shorter and simpler to say. * * * 1. A joint of a finger when the fist is closed, especially a metacarpophalangeal joint. 2. A kink or loop of intestine, as in a hernia. [M …
20knuckle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bare ▪ bleeding, bloodied, bruised, swollen ▪ white ▪ She clenched the phone till her knuckles were white …
