"brass knuckles" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} brass knuckles pl (plural only)
  1. A weapon consisting of a metal reinforcement for the clenched fist, with finger holes molded in. Wikipedia link: brass knuckles Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: knuckle duster, knucks, knuckles Translations (weapon which reinforces the fist): منافض مفصل (Arabic), կռփազենք (kṙpʻazenkʻ) (Armenian), կաստետ (kastet) (Armenian), beşbarmaq (Azerbaijani), бокс (boks) [masculine] (Bulgarian), puny americà [masculine] (Catalan), 指節銅環 (Chinese Mandarin), 指节铜环 (zhǐjiétónghuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 指節銅套 (Chinese Mandarin), 指节铜套 (zhǐjiétóngtào) (Chinese Mandarin), 鐵蓮花 [Hong-Kong] (Chinese Mandarin), 铁莲花 (tiěliánhuā) (Chinese Mandarin), dorn brest (Cornish), knojern [neuter] (Danish), boksbeugel [masculine] (Dutch), kasteet (Estonian), nyrkkirauta (Finnish), poing américain [masculine] (French), კასტეტი (ḳasṭeṭi) (Georgian), Schlagring [masculine] (German), σιδηρογροθιά (sidirogrothiá) [feminine] (Greek), אגרופן (egrofán) [masculine] (Hebrew), boxer (Hungarian), hnúajárn [neuter] (Icelandic), miotóg phráis [feminine] (Irish), ナックルダスター (nakkuru dasutā) (Japanese), メリケンサック (meriken sakku) (Japanese), 너클 (neokeul) (Korean), боксирач (boksirač) [masculine] (Macedonian), ponn tal-ħadid [masculine] (Maltese), knokejern [neuter] (Norwegian), kastet [masculine] (Polish), soco-inglês [masculine] (Portuguese), soqueira [feminine] (Portuguese), касте́т (kastét) [masculine] (Russian), puño de acero [masculine] (Spanish), puño americano [Spain, masculine] (Spanish), manopla [feminine] (Spanish), nudillera [feminine] (Spanish), knogjärn (Swedish), muşta (Turkish), касте́т (kastét) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tay đấm sắt (Vietnamese), dwrn haearn [masculine] (Welsh), boksbûgel [common-gender] (West Frisian)

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          "word": "tay đấm sắt"
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      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ponn tal-ħadid"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "knokejern"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kastet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "soco-inglês"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soqueira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kastét",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "касте́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puño de acero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puño americano"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manopla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nudillera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "word": "knogjärn"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "word": "muşta"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kastét",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "касте́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "word": "tay đấm sắt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dwrn haearn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "weapon which reinforces the fist",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "boksbûgel"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brass knuckles"
}

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