KNUCKLE
\nˈʌkə͡l], \nˈʌkəl], \n_ˈʌ_k_əl]\
Definitions of KNUCKLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
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shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
By Princeton University
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a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
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shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.
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The joint of a plant.
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The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
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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.
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To beat with the knuckles; to pommel.
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The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; - formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
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To yield; to submit; - used with down, to, or under.
By Oddity Software
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The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.
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The joint of a plant.
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The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
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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.
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To beat with the knuckles; to pommel.
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The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; - formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
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To yield; to submit; - used with down, to, or under.
By Noah Webster.
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The joint of the fingers; the knee joint of a calf or pig.
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To bend the fingers; yield or submit; with down or under.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Projecting joint of the fingers: (cook.) the knee-joint of a calf or pig.
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To bend the fingers: to yield.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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