Found 2 items, similar to Knuckling.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: knuckle
knuckle
n : a joint of a finger when the fist is closed [syn:
knuckle joint
,
metacarpophalangeal joint]
knuckle
v 1: press or rub with the knuckles
2: shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Knuckling
Knuckle
\Knuc"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Knuckled;; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Knuckling.]
To yield; to submit; -- used with down, to, or under.
[1913 Webster]
To knuckle to.
(a) To submit to in a contest; to yield to. [Colloq.] See
To knock under
, under
Knock, v. i.
(b) To apply one's self vigorously or earnestly to; as, to
knuckle to work. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]