Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com

knucks

NOUN
brass knuckles
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Last pound, knucks, or high five: Daniel Castillo or Yoon Sul-I can't remember.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next they got their marbles and played "knucks" and "ringtaw" and "keeps" till that amusement grew stale.

From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 4. by Twain, Mark

Anyhow, they were out for success and scraps and scads, and they tackled the city like two Lochinvars with brass knucks and a pull at the City Hall.

From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.

I didn't find no knucks on him, and you didn't.

From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

Very well," was the significant remark of my friend, "I know of a few knucks who are in town, and whom you were the means of burning out a few months since.

From The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia by Champney, James Wells




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training