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white knuckle
white knuckle something
to survive something threatening through strained endurance, that is to say, holding on tight. The flight from New York was terrible. We had to white knuckle the entire flight.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Jimmie | | JIM-ee | English |
| Simo | | SEE-mo (Finnish) | Finnish, Serbian |
| Alexandrine | | al-eg-zan-DREEN (French), ah-lek-sahn-DREE-nə (German) | French, German |
| Charlemagne | | SHAHR-lə-mayn (English) | History |
| Wolfgang | | VAWLF-gahng (German), WUWLF-gang (English) | German, Ancient Germanic |
| Ballendine | | ['bæləndain] | |