knuckle

Other forms of knuckle

plural

knuckles·

past tense

knuckled·

present participle

knuckling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about knuckle

What does knuckle mean?

knuckle means "press or rub with the knuckles". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in knuckle?

knuckle has 2 syllables: knuc-kle. The stress falls on "knuc". In IPA it is /ˈnʌkəl/.

What is another word for knuckle?

Close synonyms include knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is knuckle a common word?

knuckle is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.