Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

near the knuckle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: near the knuck-le
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Risqué, sexual, suggestive of impropriety.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"So near the knuckle, I wonder they got past the censor."
"“But . . . Laser Lass is just . . . banging!” Stifling a giggle and deciding this must be some masculine epithet she hadn't come across before, Evey gave the handcart a shove and went on her way. After all, "banging" wasn't anything that was shown on TV these days, even if some of Gordon Deitrich's shows did get pretty near the knuckle sometimes."
"It's raw, this kind of work, and near the knuckle: unsupported by music, lighting, video screen, it's just you and them, you and them and the dead, […]"

Usage

British usage
Informal

Questions

What does near the knuckle mean?: Risqué, sexual, suggestive of impropriety.

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