Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to knuckle
Participle: knuckled
Gerund: knuckling
Indicative
Present
| I | knuckle |
| you | knuckle |
| he;she;it | knuckles |
| we | knuckle |
| you | knuckle |
| they | knuckle |
Perfect
| I | have knuckled |
| you | have knuckled |
| he;she;it | has knuckled |
| we | have knuckled |
| you | have knuckled |
| they | have knuckled |
Past
| I | knuckled |
| you | knuckled |
| he;she;it | knuckled |
| we | knuckled |
| you | knuckled |
| they | knuckled |
Pluperfect
| I | had knuckled |
| you | had knuckled |
| he;she;it | had knuckled |
| we | had knuckled |
| you | had knuckled |
| they | had knuckled |
Future
| I | will knuckle |
| you | will knuckle |
| he;she;it | will knuckle |
| we | will knuckle |
| you | will knuckle |
| they | will knuckle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have knuckled |
| you | will have knuckled |
| he;she;it | will have knuckled |
| we | will have knuckled |
| you | will have knuckled |
| they | will have knuckled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | knuckle |
| you | knuckle |
| he;she;it | knuckle |
| we | knuckle |
| you | knuckle |
| they | knuckle |
Perfect
| I | have knuckled |
| you | have knuckled |
| he;she;it | have knuckled |
| we | have knuckled |
| you | have knuckled |
| they | have knuckled |
Imperfect
| I | knuckled |
| you | knuckled |
| he;she;it | knuckled |
| we | knuckled |
| you | knuckled |
| they | knuckled |
Pluperfect
| I | had knuckled |
| you | had knuckled |
| he;she;it | had knuckled |
| we | had knuckled |
| you | had knuckled |
| they | had knuckled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would knuckle |
| you | would knuckle |
| he;she;it | would knuckle |
| we | would knuckle |
| you | would knuckle |
| they | would knuckle |
Perfect
| I | would have knuckled |
| you | would have knuckled |
| he;she;it | would have knuckled |
| we | would have knuckled |
| you | would have knuckled |
| they | would have knuckled |
Imperative
| you | knuckle |
| we | Let's knuckle |
| you | knuckle |
Verbs conjugated like 'knuckle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'knuckle'
buckle,
chuckle,
cruckle,
keckle,
muckle,
ruckle,
shuckle,
snickle,
suckle,
truckle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
From Middle English knokel (“finger joint”), from Old English cnucel (“the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint”), from Proto-West Germanic *knukil, from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz (“knuckle, knot, bump”), as *knukô (“bone, joint”) + *-ilaz (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Dutch knokkel (“knuckle”), Low German Knökel (“knuckle”), German Knöchel (“ankle, knuckle”), Old Norse knykill. More at knock.
Verbs referencing "knuckle"
Danish
knokle.
Sample Sentences
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He knuckled the sleep from his eyes.
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She knuckled her eyes in disbelief.
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I could feel my big toe snap, but as he's gone down on his good knee and half swung round I knuckled him in the kidney as hard as I could hit. He's gone all the way down, so I dropped my 19 stone into the middle of his back. [2013, Lenny McLean, The Guv'nor:]
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Only then I knuckled him. He had to be taught a hard lesson. [2014, W. Smyth, Mama OM, page 415:]