Synonyms for knuckles
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : nuhk-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnʌk əl |
Top 10 synonyms for knuckles Other synonyms for the word knuckles
- abdicate
- abide
- accede
- accommodate
- acquiesce
- adapt
- admit defeat
- appease
- assent
- back down
- be servile
- be submissive
- bend
- bow
- brass knucks
- break
- buckle
- buckle under
- call it quits
- capitulate
- cave
- cede
- collapse
- come to terms
- commit
- comply
- concede
- consign
- cringe
- croak
- crumple
- cry uncle
- decease
- defer
- deliver up
- demise
- depart
- drop
- eat crow
- eat humble pie
- entrust
- expire
- fall
- fall victim to
- fawn
- flake out
- fold
- fold up
- forego
- give away
- give ground
- give in
- give in to
- give oneself over
- give out
- give up
- give up the ghost
- give way
- go
- go along with
- go down
- go under
- go with the flow
- grin and bear it
- hand over
- humor
- indulge
- knuckle
- knuckle under
- knuckle-dusters
- knuckles
- knuckleunder
- knucks
- kowtow
- lay down arms
- leave
- let go
- meet waterloo
- obey
- pack it in
- part with
- pass
- pass away
- perish
- play dead
- put up white flag
- put up with
- quit
- relax
- relent
- relinquish
- renounce
- resign
- resign oneself
- roll over
- sag
- say uncle
- show white flag
- stoop
- submit
- succumb
- suffer defeat
- surrender
- take the count
- throw in the towel
- toe the line
- tolerate
- toss it in
- truckle
- waive
- wilt
- withstand
- yield
Définition of knuckles
Origin :- mid-14c., knokel "finger joint; any joint of the body, especially a knobby one; morbid lump or swelling;" common Germanic (cf. Middle Low German knökel, Middle Dutch cnockel, German knöchel), literally "little bone," a diminutive of Proto-Germanic root *knuck- "bone" (cf. German Knochen "bone).
- As a verb from 1740, originally in the game of marbles. To knuckle down "apply oneself earnestly" is 1864 in American English, extended from marbles (putting a knuckle on the ground in assuming the hand position preliminary to shooting); to knuckle under "submit, give in" is first recorded 1740, supposedly from the former more general sense of "knuckle" and here meaning "knee," hence "to kneel." The face-busting knuckle-duster is from 1858 (a duster was a type of protective coat worn by workmen).
- As in brass knuckles : noun metal covering for fingers
- As in submit : verb comply, endure
- As in succumb : verb die or surrender
- As in surrender : verb give up; resign
- As in yield : verb give in, surrender
- As in bow : verb submit, concede
- As in defer : verb yield
- Whereupon they shook hands with a grip that whitened their knuckles.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Kingozi's heart bounded, and his knuckles whitened as he gripped his rifle.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- The woman danced opposite to him, this way and that, with her knuckles on her hips.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- Ninian leant forward and tapped the table with his knuckles.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- Boil one or two knuckles of veal, one or two shins of beef, and three pounds of beef, in as much water only as will cover them.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- His hands were clenched and the knuckles showed blue-white like marble.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- There was blood on his knuckles where the vicious wire had torn him.
- Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
- She tapped again and hurt her knuckles, and that brought her courage back.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- She scrubbed the knuckles of one hand roughly across her quivering lips.
- Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Garrison blotted out the insult to his mother's memory with his knuckles.
- Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
Antonyms for knuckles
- advance
- agree
- ascend
- assert
- be born
- bear
- build
- come
- conceal
- conquer
- continue
- contradict
- counter
- create
- decline
- defend
- deny
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- disarrange
- disobey
- dispute
- dissent
- dissuade
- expedite
- fight
- flatten
- force
- forge
- forward
- hasten
- hide
- hold
- hurry
- increase
- keep
- leave
- oppose
- overcome
- overpower
- prevent
- protest
- refuse
- reject
- resist
- retain
- rise
- stay
- stop
- straighten
- surpass
- veto
- win
- withhold
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