knuckle

[US]/'nʌk(ə)l/
[UK]/'nʌkl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (ng isang tao) isang bisagra sa daliri kung saan ito yumuyuko, (ng hayop) ang bisagra sa binti, katulad ng tuhod o bukung-bukong ng tao.
Word Forms
Present Participleknuckling
Pluralknuckles
Past Participleknuckled
Past Tenseknuckled
Third Person Singularknuckles

Phrases & Collocations

crack your knuckles

pagpihit ng iyong mga knuckle

steering knuckle

steering knuckle

knuckle down

magpakapursige

near the knuckle

malapit sa knuckle

knuckle sandwich

knuckle sandwich

Example Sentences

a knuckle of pork.

isang piraso ng baboy.

an apostle of bare-knuckled capitalism.

isang apostol ng kapitalismo na walang paligoy-ligoy.

an undefeated bare-knuckle champion.

isang hindi natalo na kampeon sa labanang walang gloves.

the bare-knuckle world of commercial real estate.

ang mundo ng komersyal na real estate na walang gloves.

a white-knuckle emergency landing; white-knuckle time in the hospital waiting room.

isang emergency landing na puno ng tensyon; nakakapangilabot na sandali sa waiting room ng ospital.

He barked his knuckles on the doorjamb.

Nasaktan niya ang kanyang mga knuckle sa doorjamb.

his knuckles were white as he gripped the steering wheel.

Puti ang kanyang mga knuckle habang hawak niya ang manibela.

He got a rap over the knuckles for spending too much money on his business lunches.

Nakonsensya siya dahil sa paggastos ng malaki sa kanyang business lunches.

The most common type of joint in the human body is the diarthrodial joint -- knuckles and shoulders are examples -- in which two bones come together in a capsule.

Ang pinakakaraniwang uri ng kasukasuan sa katawan ng tao ay ang diarthrodial joint -- ang mga knuckle at balikat ay mga halimbawa -- kung saan nagtatagpo ang dalawang buto sa isang capsule.

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