Knuckle
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English
Noun
Knuckle (plural Knuckles)- Any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.
- (by extension) A mechanical joint.
- A cut of meat.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
Derived terms
Verb
Knuckle (third-person singular simple present Knuckles, present participle knuckling, simple past and past participle knuckled)
Adjectives for Knuckle
bleeding; white; pudgy; bruised; skinned; swarthy; abraded; brass.
Thesaurus
Chateaubriand, ankle, articulation, blade roast, boundary, bow, breast, brisket, butt, capitulate, cave, cervix, chuck, chuck roast, clinch, clod, closure, cold cuts, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, coupling, defer, dovetail, elbow, embrace, filet mignon, flank, gliding joint, hinge, hinged joint, hip, interface, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knuckle under, link, loin, miter, mortise, neck, pivot, pivot joint, plate, plate piece, pot roast, rabbet, rack, rib roast, ribs, roast, rolled roast, round, rump, rump roast, saddle, scarf, seam, shank, short ribs, shoulder, shoulder clod, sirloin, stitch, submit, succumb, suture, symphysis, tenderloin, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, union, weld, wrist
Pronunciation
Etymology
From the diminutive of a word for bone, found in German Knochen
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