"rap someone's knuckles" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "raps someone's knuckles",
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    },
    {
      "form": "rapping someone's knuckles",
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    {
      "form": "rapped someone's knuckles",
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    },
    {
      "form": "rapped someone's knuckles",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Just rap your knuckles on the wall when you're ready to go.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Michael Kardos, The Three-Day Affair: A Novel, page PT65",
          "text": "The professor let this go for a moment, then began to rap his knuckles on the podium until the room quieted again.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tap one's knuckles on an object such as a desk or wall to attract attention or as a signal of commmunication."
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        "(literally) to tap one's knuckles on an object such as a desk or wall to attract attention or as a signal of commmunication."
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If the sales department doesn't get organized soon, the CEO is going to rap their knuckles.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, James G. Greenlee, “Crazy Quilt”, in McMaster University, Volume 3: 1957-1987: A Chance for Greatness, page 308",
          "text": "... while political science at Western had received a sharp rap across its knuckles.",
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      "glosses": [
        "to give someone a punishment."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(somewhat dated, idiomatic) to give someone a punishment."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "In the old days the teacher would rap someone's knuckles with a ruler if they misbehaved in class.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Lisa Plumley, chapter 7, in Outlaw, page PT45",
          "text": "...she commanded, sounding for all the world like a mean old schoolmarm about to rap his knuckles with her ruler.",
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      "glosses": [
        "to strike someone on the back of the hand with an object such as a stick or ruler as a method of punishment."
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        "(archaic, literally) to strike someone on the back of the hand with an object such as a stick or ruler as a method of punishment."
      ],
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        "archaic",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rap someone's knuckles"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "raps someone's knuckles",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "rapping someone's knuckles",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "rapped someone's knuckles",
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Just rap your knuckles on the wall when you're ready to go.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Michael Kardos, The Three-Day Affair: A Novel, page PT65",
          "text": "The professor let this go for a moment, then began to rap his knuckles on the podium until the room quieted again.",
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        }
      ],
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        "to tap one's knuckles on an object such as a desk or wall to attract attention or as a signal of commmunication."
      ],
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        "(literally) to tap one's knuckles on an object such as a desk or wall to attract attention or as a signal of commmunication."
      ],
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "If the sales department doesn't get organized soon, the CEO is going to rap their knuckles.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, James G. Greenlee, “Crazy Quilt”, in McMaster University, Volume 3: 1957-1987: A Chance for Greatness, page 308",
          "text": "... while political science at Western had received a sharp rap across its knuckles.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to give someone a punishment."
      ],
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        "(somewhat dated, idiomatic) to give someone a punishment."
      ],
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "In the old days the teacher would rap someone's knuckles with a ruler if they misbehaved in class.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Lisa Plumley, chapter 7, in Outlaw, page PT45",
          "text": "...she commanded, sounding for all the world like a mean old schoolmarm about to rap his knuckles with her ruler.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to strike someone on the back of the hand with an object such as a stick or ruler as a method of punishment."
      ],
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        "(archaic, literally) to strike someone on the back of the hand with an object such as a stick or ruler as a method of punishment."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "literally"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "rap someone's knuckles"
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