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• knuckle-bone — knuckˈle bone noun 1. Any bone with a rounded end 2. (in pl) the game of dibs • • • Main Entry: ↑knuckle …   Useful english dictionary

• knucklebone — knuck•le•bone [[t]ˈnʌk əlˌboʊn[/t]] n. 1) anat. (in humans) any of the bones forming a knuckle of a finger 2) zool. (in quadrupeds) any bone having a knobbed end • Etymology: 1400–50 …   From formal English to slang

• knuckle — knuck•le [[t]ˈnʌk əl[/t]] n. v. led, ling 1) anat. any joint of a finger, esp. one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx 2) anat. the rounded prominence of such a joint when the finger is bent 3) coo a cut of meat including the… …   From formal English to slang

• knuckle — knuck|le1 [ˈnʌkəl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Middle Low German; Origin: knökel small bone, knuckle ] 1.) your knuckles are the joints in your fingers, including the ones where your fingers join your hands ▪ Her knuckles whitened as she gripped the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Knuckle — The dorsal aspect of the flexed metacarpophalangeal joint. Knuckle may be shorter and simpler to say. * * * 1. A joint of a finger when the fist is closed, especially a metacarpophalangeal joint. 2. A kink or loop of intestine, as in a hernia. [M …   Medical dictionary

• knuckle — (n.) mid 14c., knokel finger joint; any joint of the body, especially a knobby one; morbid lump or swelling; common Germanic (Cf. M.L.G. knökel, M.Du. cnockel, Ger. knöchel), lit. little bone, a dim. of P.Gmc. root *knuck bone (Cf. Ger. Knochen… …   Etymology dictionary

• Lil’ Scrappy — Lil Scrappy Lil Scrappy (* 20. Januar 1984 in Atlanta, Georgia; richtiger Name Darryl Kevin Richards II), auch bekannt als Merlo Jonez und The Prince of Crunk, ist ein US amerikani …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Lil Scrappy — Scrappy (derecha) acompañado de Lil Jon (izquierda) y Brian Jarrard (centro). Datos generales Nombre real Darryl Kevin Rich …   Wikipedia Español