knuckle
/ˈnʌkəl/ verb C2- To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles (noun sense 1). · He knuckled the sleep from his eyes.· She knuckled her eyes in disbelief.
- To strike or punch.
- To bend the fingers.
- To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
- To yield.
- To land on the knuckle (noun sense 9) of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.
He/she/it knuckles · Past knuckled · Past participle knuckled · -ing form knuckling
Verb forms
- Base form
- knuckle
- He/she/it
- knuckles
- Past
- knuckled
- Past participle
- knuckled
- -ing form
- knuckling
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