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knuckle

/ˈnʌkəl/

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noun

Any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.
(by extension) A mechanical joint.
A cut of meat.
The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
The joint of a plant.
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.
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.
"brass knuckles"
The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.

To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles.
"He knuckled the sleep from his eyes."
To bend the fingers.
To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
To yield.

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