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Meaning
Noun
●
Any of the
joints
between the
bones
of the fingers.
●
A
mechanical
joint.
●
In Cuts of meat:
A
cut
of meat.
●
In Billiards, Snooker & Sports:
The
curved
part of the
cushion
at the
entrance
to the
pockets
on a
cue sports
table.
●
The
kneejoint
of a
quadruped
, especially of a
calf
; formerly used of the
kneejoint
of a human being.
●
The
joint
of a plant.
●
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.
●
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
; a
knuckle
duster.
●
In Skiing & Snowboarding:
The
rounded
point where
a flat
changes to a
slope
on a piste.
Verb
●
To
apply
pressure
, or
rub
or
massage
with
one's
knuckles
(sense 1).
●
To
strike
or punch.
●
To
bend
the fingers.
●
In Anatomy:
To
touch
one's
forehead
as a
mark
of respect.
●
To yield.
●
In Skiing & Snowboarding:
To
land
on the
knuckle
(sense 9) of a
curve
of a
slope
, after a
jump off
a
ramp
that
precedes
the
slope
.
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Rhymes
Buckle
Ruckle
Huckle
Buccal
Muckle
Suckle
Truckle
Chuckle
Knuckle
Unbuckle
Orobuccal
Nonbuccal
Midbuccal
Prebuccal
Parabuccal
Axiobuccal
Nasobuccal
Peribuccal
Mesobuccal
Infrabuccal
Extrabuccal
Transbuccal
Intrabuccal
Dorsobuccal
Suprabuccal
Circumbuccal
Anterobuccal
Posterobuccal
Cerebrobuccal
Occlusobuccal
Gingivobuccal
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