Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural a small metal weapon, worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand; called also
brass knuckles andknuckle duster .
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- noun Plural form of
knuckle . - noun
brass knuckles - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knuckle.
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- noun a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
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Examples
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The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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If you have a teenager in the troubled youth gang years, perhaps a mail order set of brass knuckles is just what Junior needs.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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It never did heal right -- one of the knuckles is visibly sunken.
ccfinlay: The Dog Who Outsmarted Me and Broke My Hand ccfinlay 2005
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Paleontologist Michael Habib theorizes that pterosaurs, which lived between 250 million and 65 million years ago, used their legs and wing "knuckles" - not just their hind legs, as previously believed-to leapfrog into flight.
Popular Science 2009
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The alabaster white of her knuckles was the only other indication that her graceful poise had been shaken.
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Grating means by hand and risking bloodying your knuckles is a must.
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And lastly, once upon a time at least, getting something tattooed on your knuckles was a bold statement.
Making Ends Meet: Packages and the PistaDex BikeSnobNYC 2008
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And lastly, once upon a time at least, getting something tattooed on your knuckles was a bold statement.
Archive 2008-08-01 BikeSnobNYC 2008
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At the top section of each finger near the knuckles was a thin whitish line that continued right across each hand.
The Moses Expedition Juan Gómez-Jurado 2007
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At the top section of each finger near the knuckles was a thin whitish line that continued right across each hand.
The Moses Expedition Juan Gómez-Jurado 2007
strev commented on the word knuckles
classic, nay legendary!
April 16, 2009