knuckle

ˈnʌkəl

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#1·4h ago

Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.

Beef knuckle is from the knee joint. Pork knuckle, or ham hock, is from the joint between the tibia/fibula and the metatarsals of the foot of a pig, where the foot was attached to the leg.

Origin: From , from , from , from , as . Cognate with , , , . More at knock. thumb|10 of the 14 knuckles () of a human hand, circled in red thumb|Roast knuckle () from Schweizerhaus, Vienna. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·4h ago

(by extension) A mechanical joint.

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#3·4h ago

(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.

brass knuckles

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