Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to knuckle under
Participle: knuckled under
Gerund: knuckling under
Indicative
Present
| I | knuckle under |
| you | knuckle under |
| he;she;it | knuckles under |
| we | knuckle under |
| you | knuckle under |
| they | knuckle under |
Perfect
| I | have knuckled under |
| you | have knuckled under |
| he;she;it | has knuckled under |
| we | have knuckled under |
| you | have knuckled under |
| they | have knuckled under |
Past
| I | knuckled under |
| you | knuckled under |
| he;she;it | knuckled under |
| we | knuckled under |
| you | knuckled under |
| they | knuckled under |
Pluperfect
| I | had knuckled under |
| you | had knuckled under |
| he;she;it | had knuckled under |
| we | had knuckled under |
| you | had knuckled under |
| they | had knuckled under |
Future
| I | will knuckle under |
| you | will knuckle under |
| he;she;it | will knuckle under |
| we | will knuckle under |
| you | will knuckle under |
| they | will knuckle under |
Future Perfect
| I | will have knuckled under |
| you | will have knuckled under |
| he;she;it | will have knuckled under |
| we | will have knuckled under |
| you | will have knuckled under |
| they | will have knuckled under |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | knuckle under |
| you | knuckle under |
| he;she;it | knuckle under |
| we | knuckle under |
| you | knuckle under |
| they | knuckle under |
Perfect
| I | have knuckled under |
| you | have knuckled under |
| he;she;it | have knuckled under |
| we | have knuckled under |
| you | have knuckled under |
| they | have knuckled under |
Imperfect
| I | knuckled under |
| you | knuckled under |
| he;she;it | knuckled under |
| we | knuckled under |
| you | knuckled under |
| they | knuckled under |
Pluperfect
| I | had knuckled under |
| you | had knuckled under |
| he;she;it | had knuckled under |
| we | had knuckled under |
| you | had knuckled under |
| they | had knuckled under |
Conditional
Present
| I | would knuckle under |
| you | would knuckle under |
| he;she;it | would knuckle under |
| we | would knuckle under |
| you | would knuckle under |
| they | would knuckle under |
Perfect
| I | would have knuckled under |
| you | would have knuckled under |
| he;she;it | would have knuckled under |
| we | would have knuckled under |
| you | would have knuckled under |
| they | would have knuckled under |
Imperative
| you | knuckle under |
| we | Let's knuckle under |
| you | knuckle under |
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:]