Definitions for knuckle
ˈnʌk əlknuck·le

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knuckle, knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal jointverb

   a joint of a finger when the fist is closed

2. knuckleverb

   press or rub with the knuckles

3. knuckleverb

   shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knucklenoun

   Any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.

2. knucklenoun

   A mechanical joint.

3. knucklenoun

   A cut of meat.

4. knucklenoun

   The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.

5. knuckleverb

   To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles.

   He knuckled the sleep from his eyes.

6. Etymology: From the diminutive of a word for bone, found in Knochen

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. KNUCKLEnoun

   Etymology: cnucle, Saxon; knockle, Dutch.

   1. The joints of the fingers protuberant when the fingers close.

   Thus often at the Temple-stairs we’ve seen
   Two tritons, of a rough athletick mien,
   Sourly dispute some quarrel of the flood,
   With knuckles bruis’d, and face besmear’d in blood. Samuel Garth.

   2. The knee joint of a calf.

   We find also that Scotch skinck, which is a pottage of strong nourishment, is made with the knees and sinews of beef, but long boiled: jelly also, which they used for a restorative, is chiefly made of knuckles of veal. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   3. The articulation or joint of a plant.

   Divers herbs have joints or knuckles, as it were stops in their germination; as gillyflowers, pinks, fennel, and corn. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

2. To Knuckleverb

   To submit: I suppose from an odd custom of striking the under side of the table with the knuckles, in confession of an argumental defeat.

   Etymology: from the noun.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knuckle

   A knuckle is the joint of a finger, where the bones within the digit meet. It typically becomes visible or more prominent when the finger is bent or clenched. In a broader sense, it can also refer to similar joint structures in animal limbs or mechanical structures.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knucklenoun

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

2. Knucklenoun

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

3. Knucklenoun

   the joint of a plant

4. Knucklenoun

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

5. Knucklenoun

   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. Knucklenoun

   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

7. Knuckleverb

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

8. Knuckleverb

   to beat with the knuckles; to pommel

9. Etymology: [OE. knokel, knokil, AS. cuncel; akin to D. knokkel, OFries. knokele, knokle, G. knchel, Sw. knoge, Dan. knokkel, G. knochen bone, and perh. to E. knock.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knuckle

   The knuckles are the joints of the fingers 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" or German "Knöchel", i.e., Knöchlein, the diminutive of the German word for bone. Anatomically, it is said that the knuckles consist of the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints of the finger. The knuckles at the base of the fingers may be referred to as the 1st or major knuckles while the knuckles at the midfinger are known as the 2nd and 3rd, or minor, knuckles. However, the ordinal terms are used inconsistently, and can be found referring to any of the knuckles. The physical mechanism behind the popping or cracking sound heard when cracking joints such as knuckles is still uncertain, although it is widely believed to be caused by synovial fluid filling the vacuum left by the joint's displacement.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Knuckle

   nuk′l, n. projecting joint of the fingers; (cook.) the knee-joint of a calf or pig.—v.i. to bend the fingers: to touch the forehead as a mark of respect: to yield.—v.t. (rare) to touch with the knuckle.—ns. Knuck′le-bones, a game (called also Dibs); Knuck′le-bow, the curved part of a sword-guard that covers the fingers; Knuck′le-dust′er, a kind of modern cestus, devised as a protection against garrotters; Knuck′le-joint, a joint where the forked end of a connecting-rod is joined by a bolt to another piece of the machinery.—Knuckle down, to apply one's self with vigour to a task: to submit—in this sense, also Knuckle under. [M. E. knokil; cf. Dut. knokkel; prob. Celt., W. cnwc.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knuckle

   A sudden angle made on some timbers by a quick reverse of shape, such as the knuckles of the counter-timbers.

Matched Categories

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of knuckle in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of knuckle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of knuckle in a Sentence

1. Emma Shaw:

   And that's really frustrating for me, because it's always like,' loyalists, or knuckle draggers, they're in the past, they don't want society to move forward.' And that actually couldn't be further from the truth, especially in regards to the women.

2. The Orchard -RRB- Young:

   After a terrible flight, I had what I thought was a bad back cramp, he’s like, ‘Get on the ground. I know how to handle cramps. Don’t worry.’ He puts his knuckle on my ribs, and all of a sudden, whatever pain I had moved over to the other side of my body. So then he goes, ‘Let’s go to the hospital.’ It ends up being a blood clot. So Bob Saget saved my life. But he almost nearly killed me by sending it to the other side of my lung when he put his knuckle in it.

3. Emma Shaw:

   The word loyalist is always portrayed in a really negative light, and that's really frustrating for me, because it's always like,' loyalists, or knuckle draggers, they're in the past, they don't want society to move forward.' And that actually couldn't be further from the truth, especially in regards to the women.

4. Chuck Grassley:

   They see a story of kid glove treatment for one side and bare-knuckle tactics for the other.

5. Jeff Gordon:

   Spectators need to understand how white-knuckle an experience it is, how mentally draining and how not fun it is, i would rather watch those races than participate in them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=knuckle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Knuckle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=knuckle
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knuckle
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=knuckle
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=knuckle
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=knuckle
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=knuckle