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Knuckle   /nˈəkəl/   Listen
Knuckle

noun
1.
A joint of a finger when the fist is closed.  Synonyms: knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint.
verb
(past & past part. knuckled; pres. part. knuckling)
1.
Press or rub with the knuckles.
2.
Shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground.



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"Knuckle" Quotes from Famous Books



... then with iron arms dragged him away. In this action the man's lithe, powerful form impressed Madeline with a wonderful sense of muscular force. His brawny wrist was bare; his big, strong hand, first clutching the horse's mane, then patting his neck, had a bruised knuckle, and one finger was bound up. That hand expressed as much gentleness and thoughtfulness for the horse as it had strength to drag him back from too much ...
— The Light of Western Stars • Zane Grey
... began playing, but they made so much noise, crying "Fen!" and "Ebbs!" and "Knuckle down!" that Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the muskrat lady housekeeper, went to the bungalow ...
— Uncle Wiggily in the Woods • Howard R. Garis
... not too clean, was laid, and on it, with much parade of knife and fork, appeared a very dry knuckle of ham, a plate of yellow soda biscuit, and a pallid and flabby pie. Spite of himself, Calvin's cheery face fell as he looked on this banquet; but he sat down, and attacked the ...
— The Wooing of Calvin Parks • Laura E. Richards
... finger, holds it to his lips a moment, then places an embossed gold ring below the knuckle, with "Kismet" ...
— When the Birds Begin to Sing • Winifred Graham
... you," though his nod was as condescending as his new master's; because he felt that a boy who could ride bareback and turn a double somersault in the air ought not to "knuckle under" to a fellow who had not ...
— St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, April 1878 - Scribner's Illustrated • Various


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