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knuckles

NOUN
brass knuckles
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Deulofeu squeezes each hand into a fist and crunches his knuckles together to replicate his right knee.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Mr. Ferguson seems less concerned now that the FTC is using its knuckles to chill private speech.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

“Fingers bruised from lifting boxes on the warehouse floor, palms calloused from delivery bike handlebars, knuckles scarred with kitchen burns: These are not hands that have been allowed to hold power,” he said.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2025

Combatants try to get any edge they can in the contests, which can be painfully hard on the knuckles.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Dad booms, gripping the bat with his gigantic knuckles.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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