Knuckle
noun
- 1.
- (a joint of the finger, the knob formed by it when the finger is bent, knee joint of a four legged animal when considered as a meat cut) scrape his knuckle គន្លាក់ម្រាមដៃ, pig's knuckle ជើង, brass knuckles ស្នាប់ដៃ
- 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) គន្លាក់ម្រាមដៃជើង
verb — past tense: knuckled ; past participle: knuckled ; present participle: knuckling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to strike with the knuckles. to hold the knuckles close to the ground in the game of marbles) knuckle down ខំយកចិត្ដទុកដាក់ knuckle under ចុះញ៉ម
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers.
- 2.
- The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
- 3.
- The joint of a plant.
- 4.
- The joining pars of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
- 5.
- 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.
- 6.
- 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; as, brass knuckles; -- called also knuckle duster.
verb — past tense: knuckled ; past participle: knuckled ; present participle: knuckling ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To beat with the knuckles; to pommel.