knuckles
指关节,指节,手指,手指头
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Definitions
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- : a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- : the rounded prominence of such a joint when the finger is bent.
- : a joint of meat, consisting of the parts about the carpal or tarsal joint of a quadruped.
- : an angle or protrusion at the intersection of two members or surfaces, as in the timbers of a ship or in a roof.
- : brass knuckles.
- : a cylindrical projecting part on a hinge, through which an axis or pin passes; the joint of a hinge.
- : a bend in a wire crossing another wire.
- : one of the ridges left at the front end by longitudinal flutes carved to accommodate the fingers.
- : Nautical. a pronounced edge formed by a change in the form of the shell of a hull.
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knuck·led, knuck·ling.
- : to rub or press with the knuckles.
- : Marbles. to shoot from the thumb and forefinger.
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- : knuckle down, to apply oneself vigorously and earnestly; become serious: Just knuckle down for an hour or so and finish the work.Also knuckle under. to submit; yield.
Phrases
- knuckle down
- knuckle under
- rap someone's knuckles
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The soldier launches into a comical strut and pretends to polish his guard box with his knuckles.
Ray seemed to understand immediately and said “Yeah,” offering his knuckles.
Craig Dershowitz spent $60,000 fighting for the return of his dog Knuckles after an acrimonious breakup with his girlfriend.
Subject has athletic build, calloused knuckles, broken nose – characteristics of martial arts practitioners.
He turned the page and ran his fingerless knuckles down the closely-written columns.
Mademoiselle snatched it from the hand, which was very tiny, and pink, with dimples where grown up folk have knuckles.
Aristide, however, went up to the door; as there was neither knocker nor bell, he rapped with his knuckles.
Marius, without further heeding him, stepped to mademoiselle's door and rapped on a panel with brisk knuckles.
She shrank back, her hands locking themselves one in the other till the knuckles showed white.
Mike could push his knuckles hard into the faces of people who owed him money, and he'd never even be arrested.