"knuckle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnʌkəl/ Audio: en-us-knuckle.ogg [US] Forms: knuckles [plural]
enPR: nŭkˈ-əl Rhymes: -ʌkəl Etymology: From Middle English knokel (“finger joint”), from Old English cnucel (“the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint”), from Proto-West Germanic *knukil, from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz (“knuckle, knot, bump”), as *knukô (“bone, joint”) + *-ilaz (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Dutch knokkel (“knuckle”), Low German Knökel (“knuckle”), German Knöchel (“ankle, knuckle”), Old Norse knykill. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|knokel||finger joint}} Middle English knokel (“finger joint”), {{inh|en|ang|cnucel||the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint}} Old English cnucel (“the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*knukil}} Proto-West Germanic *knukil, {{der|en|gem-pro|*knukilaz||knuckle, knot, bump}} Proto-Germanic *knukilaz (“knuckle, knot, bump”), {{affix|gem-pro|*knukô|*-ilaz|nocat=1|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=bone, joint}} *knukô (“bone, joint”) + *-ilaz (diminutive suffix), {{cog|nl|knokkel||knuckle}} Dutch knokkel (“knuckle”), {{cog|nds|Knökel||knuckle}} Low German Knökel (“knuckle”), {{cog|de|Knöchel||ankle, knuckle}} German Knöchel (“ankle, knuckle”), {{cog|non|knykill}} Old Norse knykill, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|finger joint}} sense 1, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|cut of meat}} sense 5 Head templates: {{en-noun}} knuckle (plural knuckles)
  1. Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-noun-en:finger_joint
  2. (by extension) A mechanical joint. Tags: broadly Translations (a mechanical joint): шарнир (šarnir) [masculine] (Bulgarian), csukló (Hungarian), przegub [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-noun-dn9JJdCy Disambiguation of 'a mechanical joint': 2 92 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
  3. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table. Categories (topical): Billiards, Snooker, Sports
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-noun-E8bn-Ntt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 0 15 1 8 0 11 16 19 1 1 1 1 12 7 Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, snooker, sports
  4. The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly, the kneejoint of a human being.
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-noun-UUwxkgc7
  5. A cut of meat of various kinds. Categories (topical): Cuts of meat Translations (a cut of meat): csülök (Hungarian), sertéscsülök (Hungarian), lábszárhús (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-noun-en:cut_of_meat Disambiguation of Cuts of meat: 5 1 9 1 17 1 9 13 12 3 2 3 3 14 6 Disambiguation of 'a cut of meat': 5 2 0 0 92 1 0 0 0
  6. (obsolete) The joint of a plant. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-noun-yjBuJ2LE
  7. (shipbuilding) 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.
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-noun-HL-CzuVw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 0 15 1 8 0 11 16 19 1 1 1 1 12 7 Topics: business, manufacturing, shipbuilding
  8. 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.
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-noun-UVa2vlYq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 0 15 1 8 0 11 16 19 1 1 1 1 12 7 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 0 11 2 5 0 11 25 14 2 1 1 1 12 8
  9. (skiing, snowboarding) The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste. Categories (topical): Skiing, Snowboarding
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-noun-en:skiing Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 0 15 1 8 0 11 16 19 1 1 1 1 12 7 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skiing, snowboarding, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (joint of the finger): kneukel (Afrikaans), κόνδυλος (kóndulos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), بُرْجُمَة (burjuma) [feminine] (Arabic), مَفْصِل (mafṣil) [masculine] (Arabic), عقلة (ʕuqla) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), става на пръст (stava na prǎst) (Bulgarian), artell [masculine] (Catalan), nus [masculine] (Catalan), 指關節 (Chinese Cantonese), 指关节 (zi² gwaan¹ zit³) (Chinese Cantonese), 指關節 (Chinese Mandarin), 指关节 (zhǐguānjié) (Chinese Mandarin), kno [common-gender] (Danish), knokkel [masculine] (Dutch), artiko (Esperanto), nukk (Estonian), rysty (Finnish), rystynen (Finnish), articulation du doigt [feminine] (French), articulation [feminine] (French), jointure du doigt [feminine] (French), cotobelo [masculine] (Galician), cotomelo [masculine] (Galician), coteno [masculine] (Galician), nocello [masculine] (Galician), nortello [masculine] (Galician), artello [masculine] (Galician), noelo [masculine] (Galician), თითის სახსარი (titis saxsari) (Georgian), Fingerknöchel [masculine] (German), κόνδυλος (kóndylos) [masculine] (Greek), γροθιά (grothiá) [feminine] (Greek), μπουνιά (bouniá) [feminine] (Greek), saaneq (Greenlandic), מפרק האצבע (mifrák haetsbá) [masculine] (Hebrew), ujjízület (Hungarian), ujjbütyök (english: the bulge) (Hungarian), bütyök (Hungarian), kjúka [feminine] (Icelandic), hnúi [masculine] (Icelandic), rysty (Ingrian), ryssys (Ingrian), alt [masculine] (Irish), nocca [feminine] (Italian), giuntura [feminine] (Italian), 指関節 (yubikansetsu) (alt: ゆびかんせつ) (Japanese), ក្រញរ (krɑɑñɑɑ) (Khmer), ថ្នាំងដៃ (thnangday) (Khmer), piersta lūcaveica (Latgalian), articulus digiti [masculine] (Latin), pirksta locītava (Latvian), глужд (glužd) [masculine] (Macedonian), monamona (Maori), knokel (Middle English), knöchel (Middle High German), knoke [masculine] (Norwegian), cnucel [masculine] (Old English), buusaa (Oromo), مفصل (mafsal) (Persian), kłykieć [masculine] (Polish), [masculine] (Portuguese), junta dos dedos [feminine] (Portuguese), суста́в па́льца (sustáv pálʹca) [masculine] (Russian), rùdan [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), zglob (Serbo-Croatian), nudillo [masculine] (Spanish), knoge (Swedish), buko (Tagalog), ข้อนิ้ว (kɔ̂ɔ-níu) (Thai), མཛུབ་མོའི་ཚིགས (mdzub mo'i tshigs) (Tibetan), སོར་མོའི་ཚིགས (sor mo'i tshigs) (Tibetan), khớp [neuter] (Vietnamese), migwrn [masculine] (Welsh), knokkel (West Frisian), קנעכל (knekhl) [neuter] (Yiddish), lwggyag (Zhuang)
Derived forms: knuckleball, knuckle bow, knuckle-buster, knuckle children, knuckle dragger, knuckle-dragging, knuckle duster, knucklehead, knuckle joint, knuckle sandwich, knuckle-scraper, knuckle-tat, knuckle-walking, bare-knuckle → bare-knuckle boxing, brass knuckles, five-knuckle shuffle, fuck-knuckle, moose knuckle, near the knuckle, pea-knuckle → pea-knuckle war, white-knuckle → white-knuckle ride Disambiguation of 'joint of the finger': 19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈnʌkəl/ Audio: en-us-knuckle.ogg [US] Forms: knuckles [present, singular, third-person], knuckling [participle, present], knuckled [participle, past], knuckled [past]
enPR: nŭkˈ-əl Rhymes: -ʌkəl Etymology: From Middle English knokel (“finger joint”), from Old English cnucel (“the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint”), from Proto-West Germanic *knukil, from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz (“knuckle, knot, bump”), as *knukô (“bone, joint”) + *-ilaz (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Dutch knokkel (“knuckle”), Low German Knökel (“knuckle”), German Knöchel (“ankle, knuckle”), Old Norse knykill. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|knokel||finger joint}} Middle English knokel (“finger joint”), {{inh|en|ang|cnucel||the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint}} Old English cnucel (“the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*knukil}} Proto-West Germanic *knukil, {{der|en|gem-pro|*knukilaz||knuckle, knot, bump}} Proto-Germanic *knukilaz (“knuckle, knot, bump”), {{affix|gem-pro|*knukô|*-ilaz|nocat=1|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=bone, joint}} *knukô (“bone, joint”) + *-ilaz (diminutive suffix), {{cog|nl|knokkel||knuckle}} Dutch knokkel (“knuckle”), {{cog|nds|Knökel||knuckle}} Low German Knökel (“knuckle”), {{cog|de|Knöchel||ankle, knuckle}} German Knöchel (“ankle, knuckle”), {{cog|non|knykill}} Old Norse knykill, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|finger joint}} sense 1, {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|cut of meat}} sense 5 Head templates: {{en-verb}} knuckle (third-person singular simple present knuckles, present participle knuckling, simple past and past participle knuckled)
  1. (transitive) To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles (sense 1). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-verb-HLAlZUV8
  2. (transitive, slang) To strike or punch. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-verb-FvUNgc5v
  3. (intransitive) To bend the fingers. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-verb-Xj-9lfSn
  4. (intransitive) To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-verb-ioi6wrqH Disambiguation of Anatomy: 3 2 3 20 3 2 15 4 9 2 0 2 31 0 3
  5. (intransitive, figurative) To yield. Tags: figuratively, intransitive Synonyms: knuckle under
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-verb-1qOoWkfB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 0 15 1 8 0 11 16 19 1 1 1 1 12 7
  6. (snowboarding, skiing) To land on the knuckle (sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope. Categories (topical): Skiing, Snowboarding
    Sense id: en-knuckle-en-verb-VOJ~7EUz Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, skiing, snowboarding, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under, knuckle up

Inflected forms

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        {
          "text": "Beef knuckle is from the knee joint. Pork knuckle, or ham hock, is from the joint between the tibia/fibula and the metatarsals of the foot of a pig, where the foot was attached to the leg.",
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          "word": "csülök"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a cut of meat",
          "word": "sertéscsülök"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a cut of meat",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1623, Francis Bacon, The History of Dense and Rare",
          "text": "In the West Indies there are found, even in sandy deserts and very dry places, large canes, which at every joint or knuckle yield a good supply of fresh water",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The joint of a plant."
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      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "kneukel"
    },
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      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "joint of the finger",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَفْصِل"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "arz",
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      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stava na prǎst",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artell"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "指關節"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zi² gwaan¹ zit³",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "指关节"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "指關節"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐguānjié",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "指关节"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "kno"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "knokkel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "artiko"
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    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "nukk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "rysty"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "rystynen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "articulation du doigt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "articulation"
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    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jointure du doigt"
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    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cotomelo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "coteno"
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    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nocello"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nortello"
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    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artello"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "noelo"
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    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "titis saxsari",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "თითის სახსარი"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fingerknöchel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kóndylos",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κόνδυλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "grothiá",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γροθιά"
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    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "bouniá",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μπουνιά"
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    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kóndulos",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κόνδυλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "astrágalos",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀστράγαλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "saaneq"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mifrák haetsbá",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מפרק האצבע"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "ujjízület"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "the bulge",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "ujjbütyök"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "bütyök"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kjúka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hnúi"
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    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "rysty"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "ryssys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nocca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "giuntura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "alt": "ゆびかんせつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yubikansetsu",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "指関節"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "krɑɑñɑɑ",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "ក្រញរ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "thnangday",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "ថ្នាំងដៃ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "piersta lūcaveica"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "articulus digiti"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "pirksta locītava"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "glužd",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "глужд"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "monamona"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "knokel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "gmh",
      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "knöchel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "knoke"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cnucel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "buusaa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mafsal",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "مفصل"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kłykieć"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nó"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "junta dos dedos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sustáv pálʹca",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "суста́в па́льца"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rùdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "zglob"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nudillo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "knoge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "buko"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kɔ̂ɔ-níu",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "ข้อนิ้ว"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "mdzub mo'i tshigs",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "མཛུབ་མོའི་ཚིགས"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sor mo'i tshigs",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "སོར་མོའི་ཚིགས"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "khớp"
    },
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      "_dis1": "19 6 13 1 9 8 9 15 19",
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          "text": "He knuckled the sleep from his eyes."
        }
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          "text": "I could feel my big toe snap, but as he's gone down on his good knee and half swung round I knuckled him in the kidney as hard as I could hit. He's gone all the way down, so I dropped my 19 stone into the middle of his back.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2014, W. Smyth, Mama OM, page 415",
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        "To strike or punch."
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        "To bend the fingers."
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            "Fundamental"
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        "To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect."
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        "(intransitive) To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect."
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        "To yield."
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        "(intransitive, figurative) To yield."
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    {
      "word": "knuckle bow"
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      "word": "knuckle-buster"
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      "word": "knuckle children"
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      "word": "knuckle dragger"
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      "word": "knuckle-dragging"
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      "word": "knuckle duster"
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    {
      "word": "knucklehead"
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      "word": "knuckle joint"
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    {
      "word": "knuckle sandwich"
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    {
      "word": "knuckle-scraper"
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      "word": "knuckle-tat"
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    {
      "word": "knuckle-walking"
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      "word": "bare-knuckle → bare-knuckle boxing"
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    {
      "word": "brass knuckles"
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    {
      "word": "five-knuckle shuffle"
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    {
      "word": "fuck-knuckle"
    },
    {
      "word": "moose knuckle"
    },
    {
      "word": "near the knuckle"
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    {
      "word": "pea-knuckle → pea-knuckle war"
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      "word": "white-knuckle → white-knuckle ride"
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        "(by extension) A mechanical joint."
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        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
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        "snooker",
        "sports"
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        }
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          "meat"
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          "ref": "1623, Francis Bacon, The History of Dense and Rare",
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          "type": "quotation"
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        "The joint of a plant."
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        [
          "plant",
          "plant#Noun"
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        "(obsolete) The joint of a plant."
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    {
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        "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."
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        "(shipbuilding) 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."
      ],
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        "business",
        "manufacturing",
        "shipbuilding"
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          "text": "brass knuckles",
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        "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."
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        [
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          "piste#English"
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        "(skiing, snowboarding) The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste."
      ],
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      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "skiing",
        "snowboarding",
        "sports"
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        "US"
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      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nŭkˈ-əl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "kneukel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "burjuma",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "بُرْجُمَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mafṣil",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَفْصِل"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕuqla",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عقلة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stava na prǎst",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "става на пръст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artell"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nus"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "指關節"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zi² gwaan¹ zit³",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "指关节"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "指關節"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǐguānjié",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "指关节"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kno"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "knokkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "artiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "nukk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "rysty"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "rystynen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "articulation du doigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "articulation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jointure du doigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cotobelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cotomelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coteno"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nocello"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nortello"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "artello"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "noelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "titis saxsari",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "თითის სახსარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fingerknöchel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kóndylos",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κόνδυλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "grothiá",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γροθιά"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "bouniá",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μπουνιά"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kóndulos",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κόνδυλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "astrágalos",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀστράγαλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "saaneq"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "mifrák haetsbá",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מפרק האצבע"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "ujjízület"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "the bulge",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "ujjbütyök"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "bütyök"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kjúka"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hnúi"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "rysty"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "ryssys"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nocca"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "giuntura"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆびかんせつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yubikansetsu",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "指関節"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "krɑɑñɑɑ",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "ក្រញរ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "thnangday",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "ថ្នាំងដៃ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "piersta lūcaveica"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "articulus digiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "pirksta locītava"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "glužd",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "глужд"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "monamona"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "knokel"
    },
    {
      "code": "gmh",
      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "knöchel"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "knoke"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cnucel"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "buusaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mafsal",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "مفصل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kłykieć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nó"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "junta dos dedos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sustáv pálʹca",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "суста́в па́льца"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rùdan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "zglob"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nudillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "knoge"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "buko"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kɔ̂ɔ-níu",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "ข้อนิ้ว"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "mdzub mo'i tshigs",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "མཛུབ་མོའི་ཚིགས"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sor mo'i tshigs",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "སོར་མོའི་ཚིགས"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "khớp"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "migwrn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "knokkel"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "knekhl",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "קנעכל"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "joint of the finger",
      "word": "lwggyag"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šarnir",
      "sense": "a mechanical joint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шарнир"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a mechanical joint",
      "word": "csukló"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a mechanical joint",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przegub"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a cut of meat",
      "word": "csülök"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a cut of meat",
      "word": "sertéscsülök"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a cut of meat",
      "word": "lábszárhús"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knuckle"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Korean translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌkəl",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌkəl/2 syllables",
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    "en:Cuts of meat"
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    {
      "word": "knuckle down"
    },
    {
      "word": "knuckle to"
    },
    {
      "word": "knuckle under"
    },
    {
      "word": "knuckle up"
    }
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cnucel",
        "4": "",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "knokkel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "knuckle"
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      "expansion": "Dutch knokkel (“knuckle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "Knökel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "knuckle"
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      "expansion": "Low German Knökel (“knuckle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Knöchel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ankle, knuckle"
      },
      "expansion": "German Knöchel (“ankle, knuckle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "knykill"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse knykill",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "English",
      "name": "langname"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "finger joint"
      },
      "expansion": "sense 1",
      "name": "senseno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "English",
      "name": "langname"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cut of meat"
      },
      "expansion": "sense 5",
      "name": "senseno"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English knokel (“finger joint”), from Old English cnucel (“the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint”), from Proto-West Germanic *knukil, from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz (“knuckle, knot, bump”), as *knukô (“bone, joint”) + *-ilaz (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Dutch knokkel (“knuckle”), Low German Knökel (“knuckle”), German Knöchel (“ankle, knuckle”), Old Norse knykill.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knuckles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knuckling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knuckled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knuckled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He knuckled the sleep from his eyes."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles (sense 1)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rub",
          "rub#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "massage",
          "massage#Verb"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles (sense 1)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Lenny McLean, The Guv'nor",
          "text": "I could feel my big toe snap, but as he's gone down on his good knee and half swung round I knuckled him in the kidney as hard as I could hit. He's gone all the way down, so I dropped my 19 stone into the middle of his back.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, W. Smyth, Mama OM, page 415",
          "text": "Only then I knuckled him. He had to be taught a hard lesson.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strike or punch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strike",
          "strike#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "punch",
          "punch#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang) To strike or punch."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bend the fingers."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To bend the fingers."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forehead",
          "forehead"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To yield."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, figurative) To yield."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "knuckle under"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Skiing",
        "en:Snowboarding"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To land on the knuckle (sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snowboarding",
          "snowboarding#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "skiing",
          "skiing#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(snowboarding, skiing) To land on the knuckle (sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "skiing",
        "snowboarding",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnʌkəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌkəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-knuckle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/En-us-knuckle.ogg/En-us-knuckle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/En-us-knuckle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nŭkˈ-əl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knuckle"
}

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