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Definition knuckle

Etymology

From Middle English knokel (�finger joint�), not attested in Old English, likely from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz (�knuckle, knot, bump�), as *knuk� (�bone, joint�) +‎ *-ilaz (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Dutch knokkel (�knuckle�), Low German Kn�kel (�knuckle�), German Kn�chel (�ankle, knuckle�), Old Norse knykill.

Noun

knuckle (plural knuckles)

  1. Any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.
  2. (by extension) A mechanical joint.
  3. A cut of meat.
  4. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
  5. The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
  6. (obsolete) The joint of a plant.
  7. (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.
  8. 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; a knuckle duster.
  9. (skiing, snowboarding) The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.

Verb

knuckle (third-person singular simple present knuckles, present participle knuckling, simple past and past participle knuckled)

  1. (transitive) To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles.
  2. (intransitive) To bend the fingers.
  3. (intransitive) To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) To yield.

Results 44 Words with the letters KNUCKLE

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14 letter words with the letters KNUCKLE ↑
KNUCKLEBALLERS 33
13 letter words with the letters KNUCKLE ↑
KNUCKLEBALLER 32
KNUCKLEHEADED 31
12 letter words with the letters KNUCKLE ↑
KNUCKLEBALLS 31
KNUCKLEBONES 30
KNUCKLEHEADS 29
11 letter words with the letters KNUCKLE ↑
KNUCKLEBALL 30
KNUCKLEBONE 29
KNUCKLEHEAD 28
10 letter words with the letters KNUCKLE ↑
KNUCKLIEST 24
9 letter words with the letters KNUCKLE ↑
KNUCKLERS 23
KNUCKLIER 23
8 letter words with the letters KNUCKLE ↑
KNUCKLED 23
KNUCKLER 22
KNUCKLES 22
7 letter words with the letters KNUCKLE ↑
KNUCKLE 21
5 letter words with the letters KNUCKLE ↑
CLUNK 15
UNCLE 11
4 letter words with the letters KNUCKLE ↑
CLUE 9
CUKE 12
KECK 15
KUNE 10
LEKU 10
LUCE 9
LUCK 13
LUNE 7
LUNK 11
NECK 12
NEUK 10
NUKE 10
3 letter words with the letters KNUCKLE ↑
CEL 7
CUE 7
ECU 7
ELK 8
KEN 8
KUE 8
LEK 8
LEU 5
UKE 8
2 letter words with the letters KNUCKLE ↑
EL 3
EN 3
NE 3
NU 4
UN 4

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