knucklenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈnʌk.əl/us/ˈnʌk.əl/C2 one of the joints in the hand where your fingers bend, especially where your fingers join on to the main part of your hand
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The hand
- -fingered
- ball
- carpal
- carpometacarpal
- carpus
- digitorum
- fingerprint
- flat
- middle finger
- palm
- paw
- pollicis
- right-handed
- right-hander
- ring finger
- thenar
- triquetrum
- two-handed
- volar
- volaris
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Idiom(s)
near the knuckle