knuckle joint

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noun

a joint forming a knuckle.

Machinery. a joint between two parts allowing movement in one plane only.

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Origin of knuckle joint

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby knuckle joint

knucklebone, knucklebones, knuckle down, knuckle-duster, knucklehead, knuckle joint, knuckle sandwich, knuckle under, Knudsen, knulling, knur

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How to use knuckle joint in a sentence

I went to his joint once, back when I was first hanging out in New York, doing plays.
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On the northern side of the Joint Security Area between North and South Korea, there is a village called Kijong-dong (기정동).
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You get vaccinated in the arm, you shouldn't have inflammation in the joint.
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“We are proud of the work we have done for our country,” Mitchell and Jessen have said in a joint statement.
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This past May, NBC News and The Wall Street Journal conducted a joint poll on body art.
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While his mother was cleaning the fish, Alila made a fire and cut the bamboos at every joint.
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The statutes usually prescribe how notice of the joint meeting shall be given.
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He had their undivided attention in a moment, without the rapping of Miss Carringtons hard knuckle on the table top.
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Bobby said that that knuckle of Gee Gees middle finger had been abnormally developed by continued bringing the class to order.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
And on this night they produced the finished product of their joint work for the last several weeks.
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British Dictionary definitions for knuckle joint

knuckle joint

noun

any of the joints of the fingers

mechanical engineering a hinged joint between two rods, often a ball and socket joint

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