knuckle in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ
knuckle in Sindhi سنڌي
knuckle in Tamil தமிழ்
knuckle in Telugu తెలుగు
knuckle in English
- knuckle⇄expr. knuckle down,
a. (Informal.) to apply oneself earnestly; work hard.
Ex. to knuckle down to a job.
b. to submit; yield.
Ex. He would not knuckle down under their attacks.
c. to hold the knuckles close to or on the gr - knuckle⇄expr. knuckle under, to submit; yield.
Ex. Then followed a battle of looks between them; but the captain soon knuckled under (Robert Louis Stevenson). - knuckle⇄expr. knuckles, pieces of metal worn over the knuckles as a weapon; brass knuckles.
Ex. They wore knuckles during the fight. - knuckle⇄expr. near the knuckle, (British Slang.) near the limit of decency; bordering on coarseness or obscenity.
Ex. Anyone who didn't know he was an MA might think his conversation was a bit near the knuckle (Punch). - knuckle⇄expr. rap over the knuckles, (Informal.)
a. to criticize or chastise.
Ex. It is known that Bilak was criticized in Moscow, that he was rapped over the knuckles for his famous autumn address on international policy (London Times).
b. a - knuckle⇄knuckle, noun, verb, -led,-ling.
- knuckle⇄noun 1. a joint in a finger, especially one of the joints between a finger and the rest of the hand. Each finger of a person's hand has three knuckles; the thumbs have two knuckles each.
2. the rounded protuberance formed when a joint is bent. < - knuckle⇄v.i. 1. to yield; knuckle down.
Ex. When an organization begins thinking about its image, it has finally knuckled to the reality of the twentieth century (Russel Baker).
2. to put the knuckles on the ground in playing marbles. - knuckle⇄v.t. to strike, tap, or touch with the knuckles.
Ex. the ... porter ... knuckling his forehead as a sign of homage (Dickens).