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  • noun plural a small metal weapon, worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand; called also brass knuckles and knuckle duster.

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  • noun Plural form of knuckle.
  • noun brass knuckles
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knuckle.

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  • noun a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand

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Examples

  • The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

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  • If you have a teenager in the troubled youth gang years, perhaps a mail order set of brass knuckles is just what Junior needs.

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  • It never did heal right -- one of the knuckles is visibly sunken.

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  • Paleontologist Michael Habib theorizes that pterosaurs, which lived between 250 million and 65 million years ago, used their legs and wing "knuckles" - not just their hind legs, as previously believed-to leapfrog into flight.

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  • The alabaster white of her knuckles was the only other indication that her graceful poise had been shaken.

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  • Grating means by hand and risking bloodying your knuckles is a must.

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  • And lastly, once upon a time at least, getting something tattooed on your knuckles was a bold statement.

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  • And lastly, once upon a time at least, getting something tattooed on your knuckles was a bold statement.

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  • At the top section of each finger near the knuckles was a thin whitish line that continued right across each hand.

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  • At the top section of each finger near the knuckles was a thin whitish line that continued right across each hand.

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  • classic, nay legendary!

    April 16, 2009