knuckle

[US]/'nʌk(ə)l/
[UK]/'nʌkl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (of a person) a joint in the finger where it bends, (of an animal) the joint in the leg, similar to a human knee or ankle.

Phrases & Collocations

crack your knuckles

steering knuckle

knuckle down

near the knuckle

knuckle sandwich

Example Sentences

a knuckle of pork.

an apostle of bare-knuckled capitalism.

an undefeated bare-knuckle champion.

the bare-knuckle world of commercial real estate.

a white-knuckle emergency landing; white-knuckle time in the hospital waiting room.

He barked his knuckles on the doorjamb.

his knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel.

He got a rap over the knuckles for spending too much money on his business lunches.

The most common type of joint in the human body is the diarthrodial joint -- knuckles and shoulders are examples -- in which two bones come together in a capsule.

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