knuckle-dust
transitive verb
knuck·le-dust
ˈnəkəlˌdəst
: the strike with the fist
specifically : to strike with brass knuckles
Word History
Etymology
back-formation from knuckle-duster
- calculating punch
- calculatingly
- calculation
- calculational
- calculations
- calculative
- calculator
- calculators
- calculatory
- calculi
- calculiform
- calculous
- calculus
- calculus of classes
- calculus of enlargement
- calculus of finite differences
- calculus of individuals
- calculus of relations
- calculus of relatives
- calculus of variations
- calculuses
- Calcutta
- Calcutta hemp
- calcuttae
- calcuttan