You'd better knuckle down to work.
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Knuckle
//ˈnʌkəl//
Synonyms for "knuckle" (85 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
Related word relations
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More general
5 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
has context
7 entriesis a
8 entriesmanner of
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
49 entriesShowing 16 of 49 words.
Translations
90 translations across 56 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kneukel noun (joint of the finger)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κόνδυλος noun (joint of the finger)
- ἀστράγαλος noun (joint of the finger)
Arabic
4 entries- أَشْجَع noun (joint of the finger)
- بُرْجُمَة noun (joint of the finger)
- عقلة noun (joint of the finger)
- مَفْصِل noun (joint of the finger)
Bulgarian
2 entries- става на пръст noun (joint of the finger)
- шарнир noun (a mechanical joint)
Catalan
2 entries- artell noun (joint of the finger)
- nus noun (joint of the finger)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 指關節 /指关节 noun (joint of the finger)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 指關節 /指关节 noun (joint of the finger)
Czech
1 entries- kloub prstu noun (joint of the finger)
Danish
1 entries- kno noun (joint of the finger)
Dutch
1 entries- knokkel noun (joint of the finger)
Esperanto
1 entries- artiko noun (joint of the finger)
Estonian
1 entries- nukk noun (joint of the finger)
Finnish
2 entries- rysty noun (joint of the finger)
- rystynen noun (joint of the finger)
French
3 entries- articulation noun (joint of the finger)
- articulation du doigt noun (joint of the finger)
- jointure du doigt noun (joint of the finger)
Galician
4 entries- artello noun (joint of the finger)
- coteno noun (joint of the finger)
- cotobelo noun (joint of the finger)
- cotomelo noun (joint of the finger)
Georgian
1 entries- თითის სახსარი noun (joint of the finger)
German
1 entries- Fingerknöchel noun (joint of the finger)
Greek
3 entries- γροθιά noun (joint of the finger)
- κόνδυλος noun (joint of the finger)
- μπουνιά noun (joint of the finger)
Greenlandic
1 entries- saaneq noun (joint of the finger)
Hebrew
1 entries- מפרק האצבע noun (joint of the finger)
Hungarian
4 entries- bütyök noun (joint of the finger)
- csukló noun (a mechanical joint)
- csülök noun (a cut of meat)
- lábszárhús noun (a cut of meat)
Icelandic
2 entries- hnúi noun (joint of the finger)
- kjúka noun (joint of the finger)
Ingrian
2 entries- ryssys noun (joint of the finger)
- rysty noun (joint of the finger)
Irish
1 entries- alt noun (joint of the finger)
Italian
2 entries- giuntura noun (joint of the finger)
- nocca noun (joint of the finger)
Japanese
1 entries- 指関節 noun (joint of the finger)
Khmer
2 entries- ក្រញរ noun (joint of the finger)
- ថ្នាំងដៃ noun (joint of the finger)
Latgalian
1 entries- piersta lūcaveica noun (joint of the finger)
Latin
1 entries- articulus digiti noun (joint of the finger)
Latvian
1 entries- pirksta locītava noun (joint of the finger)
Lombardic
1 entries- knohha noun (joint of the finger)
Macedonian
1 entries- глужд noun (joint of the finger)
Malay
1 entries- buku noun (joint of the finger)
Middle English
1 entries- knokel noun (joint of the finger)
Middle High German
1 entries- knöchel noun (joint of the finger)
Māori
2 entries- monamona noun (joint of the finger)
- pona noun (joint of the finger)
Norwegian
1 entries- knoke noun (joint of the finger)
Old English
1 entries- cnucel noun (joint of the finger)
Oromo
1 entries- buusaa noun (joint of the finger)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوغوم noun (joint of the finger)
Persian
2 entries- بند انگشت noun (joint of the finger)
- مفصل noun (joint of the finger)
Polish
2 entries- kłykieć noun (joint of the finger)
- przegub noun (a mechanical joint)
Portuguese
2 entries- junta dos dedos noun (joint of the finger)
- nó noun (joint of the finger)
Russian
1 entries- суста́в па́льца noun (joint of the finger)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- rùdan noun (joint of the finger)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- zglob noun (joint of the finger)
Spanish
3 entries- artejo noun (joint of the finger)
- nudillo noun (joint of the finger)
- ñudillo noun (joint of the finger)
Swedish
1 entries- knoge noun (joint of the finger)
Tagalog
1 entries- buko noun (joint of the finger)
Thai
1 entries- ข้อนิ้ว noun (joint of the finger)
Tibetan
2 entries- མཛུབ་མོའི་ཚིགས noun (joint of the finger)
- སོར་མོའི་ཚིགས noun (joint of the finger)
Vietnamese
1 entries- khớp noun (joint of the finger)
Welsh
1 entries- migwrn noun (joint of the finger)
West-Frisian
1 entries- knokkel noun (joint of the finger)
Yiddish
1 entries- קנעכל noun (joint of the finger)
Zhuang
1 entries- lwggyag noun (joint of the finger)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
As incredible as it may seem, she ordered a knuckle of ham with sauerkraut.
Source: tatoeba (1435894)
As funny as the whole concept of a knuckle sandwich is, I wouldn't ever want to be on the receiving end.
Source: tatoeba (4603788)
It is easy to knuckle down if you have enough motivation.
Source: tatoeba (8570248)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.