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rap across the knuckles
rap across the knuckles
A quick, minor punishment that serves as a warning. The public was outraged that the company only received a rap across the knuckles from the EPA after being caught illegally dumping chemicals in the river.
rap someone across the knuckles
and rap someone on the knuckles; rap someone's knucklesto strike someone on the knuckles. As punishment, she rapped him across the knuckles. The teacher rapped the student on the knuckles.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Rica | | - | English (Rare) |
| MiĶElis | | - | Latvian |
| Elwood | | EL-wuwd | English |
| Zekİ | | - | Turkish |
| Marketta | | MAHR-ket-tah | Finnish |
| Jagoda | | yah-GAW-dah (Polish) | Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Polish |