knuckle sandwich
Syllables: knuck·le sand·wichUK/ˈnʌkəl ˈsæn(d)wɪdʒ/US/ˈnʌkəl ˈsænˌ(d)wɪtʃ/
knuckle sandwich noun: a punch to the face, especially to the mouth.
Noun
knuckle sandwich (plural knuckle sandwiches)
- A punch to the face, especially to the mouth.
- OKKIE. (Raises his fist, kissing the knuckles menacingly—follows her to bottom of steps.) How would you like a knuckle sandwich?1957, Jerome Chodorov, Joseph [Albert] Fields, Anniversary Waltz: Comedy in Three Acts, rev. edition, New York, N.Y.: Dramatists Play Service, Inc., →OCLC, page 20
- Rather than an embrace, the Babe [Babe Ruth] would most assuredly like to have given a knuckle sandwich to the executives of that candy corps. Or hit them over the head with his 42-ounce bat.2002 April 7, Ira Berkow, “Sports of the times: A Babe Ruth myth is stirred up again”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015
Forms of knuckle sandwich
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Questions about knuckle sandwich
- What does knuckle sandwich mean?
- Knuckle sandwich means a punch to the face, especially to the mouth.
- What part of speech is knuckle sandwich?
- Knuckle sandwich is a noun.
- How do you pronounce knuckle sandwich?
- Knuckle sandwich is pronounced /ˈnʌkəl ˈsæn(d)wɪdʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of knuckle sandwich?
- The plural of knuckle sandwich is knuckle sandwiches.
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