(n.) The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.
(n.) The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
(n.) The joint of a plant.
(n.) The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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; as, brass knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster.
(v. i.) To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.
(v. t.) To beat with the knuckles; to pommel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Gallic wine sales in the UK have been tumbling for the past 20 years, but the news that France, once the largest exporter to these shores, has slipped behind Australia, the United States, Italy and now South Africa will have producers gnawing their knuckles in frustration.
(2) The figures, published in the company’s annual report , triggered immediate anger from fuel poverty campaigners who noted that energy suppliers had just been rapped over the knuckles by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for overcharging .
(3) Fleeting though it may have been (he jetted off to New York this morning and is due in Toronto on Saturday), there was a poignant reason for his appearance: he was here to play a tribute set to Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of house and one of Morales's closest friends, who died suddenly in March.
(4) 3.56am BST Rays 4 - Rangers 2, bottom of 8th Martin tries to lay down a bunt but he gets hit on the knuckle, which is not a hit by pitch because Martin was offering.
(5) "I hope that sooner or later he knuckles down and really makes a go of his career.
(6) HNF-4 is a member of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily with an unusual amino acid in the conserved "knuckle" of the first zinc finger (DGCKG).
(7) Frankie Knuckles, the Chicago house legend , has died aged 59.
(8) It is unlikely David Cameron would thank a health secretary who got into a bare-knuckle fight with a profession that the wider public considers almost saintly.
(9) In August the UK ambassador in Cairo, John Casson, was rapped over the knuckles by the Egyptians when he publicly criticised the sentencing of three al-Jazeera journalists accused of supporting terrorism.
(10) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Emmanuel Macron ‘out-alphas Trump with a knuckle-crushing handshake’.
(11) The first couple of laps I was gripping the bars so hard you could see my knuckles.
(12) The prime minister initially appeared simply to rap the peer over the knuckles , condemning the comments and saying that Young would be doing a "little less speaking" in the future.
(13) Knuckles, who is credited to have invented the house genre, begun his residency at the westside club in 1977 at the height of disco fever, but by 1980 a backlash had swept the craze away.
(14) When the Disco Sucks backlash killed the disco movement, Knuckles evolved his sound, making reel-to-reel re-edits for the Warehouse crowd.
(15) Some implications of this occurrence for theories of the evolution of knuckle walking are discussed.
(16) A knuckle of each fallopian tube is ligated and then resected.
(17) In spite of having proved his bare-knuckled skills on behalf of the Conservatives , one only needs to read the Daily Telegraph 's reaction to the news that he is to become BBC Trust chairman to understand why Patten decided to take a different path after losing Bath.
(18) • Frankie Knuckles obituary • Frankie Knuckles - house pioneer and DJ - dies aged 59
(19) It was Bob who gave me the determination to knuckle down and get over it.
(20) Having had to give up Twitter (she's an avid user), her replacement social exchange will now be with the likes of Jedward and Kerry Katona, the most recognisable of the celebrities, or bare-knuckle fighter Paddy Doherty from My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, a paparazzo, a male model and a couple of actors (American superstars Charlie Sheen, Pamela Anderson and Mike Tyson were conspicuous by their absence).
Knuckleball
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The former Mets knuckleballer began life north of the boarder up in Tdot by allowing three earned runs in six innings.