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Substantiivi

1. Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
2. (by extension) A mechanical joint.
3. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
4. The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly, the kneejoint of a human being.
5. A cut of meat of various kinds.
6. (obsolete) The joint of a plant.
7. (shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
8. A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
9. (skiing, snowboarding) The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.

Verbi

1. (transitive) To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles .
2. (transitive, slang) To strike or punch.
3. (intransitive) To bend the fingers.
4. (intransitive) To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect.
5. (intransitive, figurative) To yield.
6. (snowboarding, skiing) To land on the knuckle of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope.