KNUCKLE


Meaning of KNUCKLE in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ bare

▪ bleeding , bloodied , bruised , swollen

▪ white

She clenched the phone till her ~s were white.

▪ brass

VERB + KNUCKLE

▪ crack

He rubbed his hands together, cracking his ~s as he tried to control his anger.

▪ bruise , graze , scrape

KNUCKLE + NOUN

▪ bone (usually knucklebone in AmE )

PHRASES

▪ rap sb on the ~s , rap sb over the ~s ( both figurative )

She was rapped over the ~s by her boss for criticizing the company in the press.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .