brass knuckles
铜指关节,黄铜指关节,铜指节,铜指环
Related Words
Definitions
- 1
- : a band of metal with four holes that fits over the upper fingers and that is gripped when a fist is made, used for increasing the effect of a blow with the fist.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
But that project ran into serious hurdles with the network brass.
So maybe we should take a lesson from women with brass ovaries: comedy and feminism are longstanding bedfellows.
But even as he was receiving awards, the military brass was processing his discharge—they had found out he was transgender.
Violation of gravitas is being taken ‘extremely seriously’ by army top brass, source says.
The soldier launches into a comical strut and pretends to polish his guard box with his knuckles.
They were provided with sails and twelve oars each, and a falconet, or small brass cannon.
Mademoiselle snatched it from the hand, which was very tiny, and pink, with dimples where grown up folk have knuckles.
"I wonder if 'twas a brass drum, such as has 'Eblubust Unum' printed on't," said Mrs. Slocum.
Picture frames, nicely moulded in brass, were made here in 1825, by a modeller named Maurice Garvey.
The air was heavy with the perfume of frankincense which smouldered in a brass vessel set upon a tray.