| NOUN | body | knuckle, knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint | a joint of a finger when the fist is closed |
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| VERB | contact | knuckle | press or rub with the knuckles |
| contact | knuckle | shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground |
| Sounds | nah'kahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A joint of a finger when the fist is closed. | |
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| Synonyms | knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint | |
| Part of | finger | Any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb) |
| Broader | synovial joint, articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis | A joint so articulated as to move freely |
| Spanish | artejo, nudillo, nudillos | |
| Catalan | artell | |
| Verbs | knuckle | press or rub with the knuckles |
| Meaning | Press or rub with the knuckles. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | press | Exert pressure or force to or upon |
| Nouns | knuckle | a joint of a finger when the fist is closed |
| Meaning | Shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | shoot | Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective |
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