Knuckle (disambiguation)

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A knuckle is a joint on the hand.

Knuckle or knuckles may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Knuckle (film) a 2011 documentary about bare knuckle boxing in Ireland
  • Knuckle Bine, a character from the anime/manga series Hunter × Hunter
  • Knuckles the Echidna, a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series
    • Knuckles the Echidna (comics), American comic book series
    • Knuckles (TV series), television miniseries

Biology and anatomy

  • Knuckles, the dorsal crenulations (bumps) of the gray whale where most whales have a dorsal fin
  • Knuckle-walking, a form of quadrupedal walking in which the forelimbs hold the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckle
  • Pork knuckle, a part of a pig's leg used as the basis of the traditional German dish Eisbein

People with the name

  • Knuckles Boyle (1909-1943), American football player
  • Frankie Knuckles (1955–2014), American DJ, record producer, and remixer

Other

  • Brass knuckles (also called knuckles), weapons used in hand-to-hand combat
  • Knuckle coupler, a railway coupling, a mechanism for connecting rolling stock in a train
  • Knuckle joint (mechanical), used to connect the two rods which are under the tensile load
  • Knuckles Mountain Range, Sri Lanka

See also

  • Knuckle Sandwich (disambiguation)
  • Knuckleball, or knuckler, a baseball pitch
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