Knuckle (disambiguation)

A knuckle is a joint on the hand.

Knuckle or knuckles may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Knuckle (film) a 2011 documentary about bare knuckle boxing in Ireland
• Knuckle Bine, a character from the anime/manga series Hunter × Hunter
• Knuckles the Echidna, a fictional character from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series
  • Knuckles the Echidna (comics), American comic book series
  • Knuckles (TV series), television miniseries

Biology and anatomy

• Knuckles, the dorsal crenulations (bumps) of the gray whale where most whales have a dorsal fin
• Knuckle-walking, a form of quadrupedal walking in which the forelimbs hold the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckle
• Pork knuckle, a part of a pig's leg used as the basis of the traditional German dish Eisbein

People with the name

• Knuckles Boyle (1909-1943), American football player
• Frankie Knuckles (1955–2014), American DJ, record producer, and remixer

Other

• Brass knuckles (also called knuckles), weapons used in hand-to-hand combat
• Knuckle coupler, a railway coupling, a mechanism for connecting rolling stock in a train
• Knuckle joint (mechanical), used to connect the two rods which are under the tensile load
• Knuckles Mountain Range, Sri Lanka

See also

• Knuckle Sandwich (disambiguation)
• Knuckleball, or knuckler, a baseball pitch