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
Duci	-	Hungarian
Jarogniew	yah-RAWG-nyef	Polish (Rare)
Allie	AL-ee	English
Pinchas	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Nneka	-	Western African, Igbo
Pete	[pi:t]