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near the knuckle

near the knuckle prepositional phrase: risqué, sexual, suggestive of impropriety.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (UK, informal) Risqué, sexual, suggestive of impropriety.
    • So near the knuckle, I wonder they got past the censor.1972, Nikolái Vasílievich Gógol, Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
    • “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...2006, Steve Moore, V for Vendetta

Questions about near the knuckle

What does near the knuckle mean?
Near the knuckle means risqué, sexual, suggestive of impropriety.
What part of speech is near the knuckle?
Near the knuckle is a prepositional phrase.

Words near near the knuckle in the dictionary

  1. near space
  2. near surface
  3. near synonym
  4. near synonyms
  5. near term
  6. near the knuckle
  7. near the mark
  8. near thing
  9. near things
  10. near touch
  11. near touches

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