knuckled
Meaning of knuckled
verb, past tense
rub or press (something, especially the eyes) with the knuckles.
Middle English knokel (originally denoting the rounded shape when a joint such as the elbow or knee is bent), from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch knökel, diminutive of knoke ‘bone’. In the mid 18th century the verb knuckle (down) expressed setting the knuckles down to shoot the taw in a game of marbles, hence the notion of applying oneself with concentration.
Information about knuckled
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of knuckled
knuck-led
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- knuckled is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with knuckled
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