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rap across the knuckles
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.
See also:
across
,
knuckle
,
rap
rap
someone
across the knuckles
and
rap
someone
on the knuckles; rap
someone's
knuckles
to strike someone on the knuckles.
As punishment, she rapped him across the knuckles.
The teacher rapped the student on the knuckles.
See also:
across
,
knuckle
,
rap
Common Names:
Name
Gender
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Teodora
te-o-DAW-rah
(Italian)
, te-o-DHO-rah
(Spanish)
, te-aw-DAW-rah
(Polish)
Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian
Rava
RAH-vah
Esperanto
Ilma
EEL-mah
Finnish
JiŘÍ
-
Czech
Samir (1)
-
Arabic
Ellsworth
['elzwə:θ]
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