knuckle vs ulna

knuckle

noun
  • Any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers. 

  • The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste. 

  • A cut of meat. 

  • The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table. 

  • A mechanical joint. 

  • The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being. 

  • A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster. 

  • A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom. 

verb
  • To apply pressure, or rub or massage with one's knuckles. 

  • To strike or punch. 

  • To yield. 

  • To land on the knuckle of a curve of a slope, after a jump off a ramp that precedes the slope. 

  • To touch one's forehead as a mark of respect. 

  • To bend the fingers. 

ulna

noun
  • The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate. 

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