knuckle
Kelime Anlamı :

1. bilek eklemi (hayvan).
2. parmağın oynak yerleri ile vurmak.
3. (çoğ.) muşta.
4. dört ayaklı hayvanlarda ayak mafsalı.
5. koyun budunun diz tarafı.
6. düğüm.
7. parmağın oynak yeri boğum.
8. parmağın oynak yeri.
9. boğum.
10. parmak eklemi.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
Tanımlar :
1. any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.
2. A mechanical joint.
3. A cut of meat.
4. the curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
5. to apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. to touch or strike with the knuckle; pommel.
2. to bend the knuckles; hold the knuckles (that is, the hand) close to the ground, in playing marbles: usually with down.
3. to apply one's self earnestly, as to a task; engage vigorously, as in work.
4. to submit, as in a contest; give up; yield.
5. to apply one's self earnestly.
6. the joint of a finger, especially that between the metacarpal bone and the first phalanx.
7. the knee or knee-joint.
8. A joint, especially of veal, consisting of the part of the leg called the knee. it is the part of the animal which corresponds to the hock of a horse, or the human heel, together with more or less of the leg above this joint.
9. the joint of a plant; a node.
10. A joint of cylindrical form, with a pin as axis, as that by which the straps of a hinge are fastened together.
11. in ship-building, an acute angle on some of the timbers.
12. plural pieces of metal, usually brass (hence specifically known as brass knuckles), worn by lawless persons over the knuckles to protect them in striking a blow, and also to make a blow more effective. see knuckle-duster.
13. A sharply bent loop, as of intestine, especially when imprisoned, as in a hernia.
14. in mech., the swinging leaf or hook used for the coupling device in certain automatic car-couplings, particularly in the Janney or M. C. B. (master car-builders') type. A hole is usually provided in the knuckle so that the common link-coupling may be used with it.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
2. press or rub with the knuckles
3. shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
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