knuckles
nuh kuhlz
- n a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
- n a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
- v press or rub with the knuckles
- v shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
- Michelle and Barack Obama knocked knuckles as he took the stage to claim the Democratic presidential nomination, bringing new attention to the high-five's celebratory successor.
- The Illinois Senator refuses to knock knuckles with a student as he leaves the Eastside Community Ministry in Zanesville, Ohio.
- Knocking his knuckles once on the table, Toscani, 65, lets out a short bark of a laugh.