A knuckle is located on the hand. It’s the joint at the base of each finger. The plural is ‘knuckles’.
FUN FACT – The ‘k’ in the word ‘knuckle’ is silent and it’s actually pronounced ‘nuckles’. Just to confuse you all even more… we have many silent letters in English.
knuckle idioms list
Let’s look at some popular body idioms that contain the word ‘knuckle’. It’s time to knuckle down and learn some idioms.
- knuckle down
meaning – stop fooling around and start working hard
example – I’m going to knuckle down this year. I don’t want to fail again. - knuckle sandwich
meaning – punch someone
example – I was in the club and a bloke came over and gave me a knuckle sandwich for no reason. - rap someone’s knuckles
meaning – give someone a light punishment
example -The teacher rapped me on the knuckles for being late. - white-knuckle ride
meaning – a scary experience/situation
example – I went on a white-knuckle speedboat ride; I was so scared.
knuckle idioms list with pictures
Here’s some real life picture examples.
You can download a table of ‘knuckle’ idioms and expressions below.
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