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knucklebones

knucklebones is the plural of knucklebone.

Meaning of knucklebone

Noun

knucklebone (plural knucklebones)

  1. A bone that forms a knuckle in the human hand, in an animal's paw or any bone that forms a similar bump.
  2. Such a bone once used in knucklebones and other children's games of chance.
  3. (slang) A die.

Noun

knucklebones (uncountable)

  1. A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules.
    Synonyms:
    dibs, jacks

Synonyms of knucklebones

Questions about knucklebones

What does knucklebones mean?
Knucklebones means a children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules.
What is knucklebones the plural of?
Knucklebones is the plural of knucklebone.
What part of speech is knucklebones?
Knucklebones is a noun.

Words near knucklebones in the dictionary

  1. knuckleballer
  2. knuckleballers
  3. knuckleballing
  4. knuckleballs
  5. knucklebone
  6. knucklebones
  7. knuckleboom
  8. knucklebooms
  9. knucklecurve
  10. knucklecurves
  11. knuckled

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