The word is in the Wiktionary3 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)— English words —- rap␣someone's␣knuckles v. (Literally) to tap one’s knuckles on an object such as a desk or wall to attract attention or as a signal…
- rap␣someone's␣knuckles v. (Somewhat dated, idiomatic) to give someone a punishment.
- rap␣someone's␣knuckles v. (Archaic, literally) to strike someone on the back of the hand with an object such as a stick or ruler…
29 English words from 3 English definitionsArchaic attention attract attract␣attention back dated desk give hand idiomatic knuckles literally object one on␣the on␣the␣back␣of punishment ruler signal someone Somewhat stick strike such such␣as tap the wall with 47 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)APs APS eon EON Esk knuck knuckle knuckles Knuckles les Les LES -les- Meo meon Meon NES nuc NUC ome Ome OME 'ome -ome one -one ones one's PSO rap Rap RAP raps RAPs rapso som Som SOM som' Som. some -some someone someones someone's uck Uck 32 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)cun elk Elk emo Emo emos eno- mos MOs MOS mos' NKs Noe NOE OEM par Par PAR SEL Selk sen Sen SEN Sen. spa Spa SpA SPA spar Spar SPAR unk. One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)raps␣someone's␣knuckles One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)raps␣someone's␣knuckles
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