Knuckling

Knuckling
Snowboarding. Taken from skiers calling snowboarders knuckle-draggers.

You goin' knuckling?


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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Knuckling — Snowboarding. Taken from skiers calling snowboarders knuckle draggers. You goin knuckling? …   Dictionary of american slang

  • knuckling — knuck·ling (nukґling) a pushing forward and upward of the fetlock joint of a horse, due to shortening of the tendons behind …   Medical dictionary

  • knuckling — knuck·le || nÊŒkl n. finger joint; rounded protuberance formed by the finger joint; cut of meat formed by the parts around the carpal or tarsal joint; part of the hinge into which the pin is inserted v. press or rub with the knuckles; shoot a… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • knuckling — noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of knuckle (II) : cocked ankles …   Useful english dictionary

  • knuckle — /ˈnʌkəl / (say nukuhl) noun 1. a joint of a finger, especially one of the joints at the roots of the fingers. 2. the rounded prominence of such a joint when the finger is bent. 3. a joint of meat, consisting of the parts about the carpal or… …  

  • 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} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Knuckled — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To knuckle to — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • knuckle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English knokel; akin to Middle High German knöchel knuckle Date: 14th century 1. a. the rounded prominence formed by the ends of the two adjacent bones at a joint used especially of those at the joints of the fingers b.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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