rap someone's knuckles

Reprimand, as in If I'd seen John take that last piece of cake, I'd have rapped his knuckles. This term transfers a physical punishment to a verbal one. [Late 1600s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rumen	ROO-men	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Gijsbert	KHIES-bərt	Dutch
HÉLÈNe	e-LEN	French
Kaolin	-	English (Rare)
Orna (2)	-	Hebrew
Brynhild	-	Norwegian, Norse Mythology