Look up: Knuckle


  1. Knuckle
    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 cognate to similar words in other Germanic languages, such as the Dutch "Knokkel" (knuckle) or German "Knöchel" (ankle), i.e., Knöchlein, the diminutive...
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  2. knuckle
    [n] - a joint of a finger when the fist is closed 2. [v] - press or rub with the knuckles 3. [v] - shoot a marble while keeping one`s knuckles on the ground
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=knuckle

  3. Knuckle
    A prominence produced by the head of any of the metacarpal bones.
    Found op http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/uploaded/3822.pdf

  4. Knuckle
    Knuckle: The dorsal aspect of the flexed metacarpophalangeal joint. Knuckle may be shorter and simpler to say.
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=4118

  5. Knuckle
    Knuc'kle noun [ Middle English knokel , knokil , Anglo-Saxon cuncel ; akin to Dutch knokkel , OFries. knokele , knokle , German knöchel , Swedish knoge , Danish knokkel , German kno...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/17

  6. Knuckle
    Knuc'kle intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Knuckled ;; present participle & verbal noun Knuckling .] To yield; to submit; -- used with down , to , or under
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/17

  7. Knuckle
    Knuc'kle transitive verb To beat with the knuckles; to pommel. [ R.] Horace Smith.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/K/17

  8. knuckle
    1. The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers. ... 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.' (Golding) .....
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?knuckle

  9. knuckle
    knuckle joint noun a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=knuckle



  1. knuckle
    verb press or rub with the knuckles
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  2. knuckle
    (nuk´әl) the dorsal aspect of any interphalangeal joint, or any similarly bent structure.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  3. Knuckle
    • (n.) The joint of a plant. • (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. • (n.) The joining pars of a hinge through w...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/knuckle/

  4. Knuckle
    Knuckle is slang for to hit, beat up.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZK.HTM

  5. Knuckle
    Knuckle is slang for to hit, beat up.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZK.HTM

  6. knuckle
    Type: Term Pronunciation: nŭk′ĕl Definitions: 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.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=47265

  7. Knuckle
    The top of the bole on a pollard. The point where branches have been repeatedly cut back which has become swollen.
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  8. Knuckle
    [disambiguation] A knuckle is a joint on the hand. Knuckle or knuckles may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckle_(disambiguation)

  9. Knuckle
    [film] Knuckle is a film about the secretive world of Irish gypsy bare knuckle boxing. The film was made in stages over 12 years. ==Reception== The movie received a mostly positive response from critics. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuckle_(film)

  10. knuckle
    1) Articulatio synovialis 2) Certain joint 3) Diarthrosis 4) Knuckle joint 5) Metacarpophalangeal joint 6) Part of a fist 7) Part of a hand 8) Synovial joint
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/knuckle/1

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