Knuckling up

verb, slang

Hip-hop slang · Rap Dictionary

Definition

To be fighting or preparing to fight.

Examples

1

They were knuckling up before the teacher came.

2

As if ToBy was just gonna budge Give him a blunt, tell him to chill or we knuckling up" - ToBy, Shootaz.

3

Saucin' you up and all of us is knuckling up Have you buckling up motherfucker what" - Knowledge of Savage Brothers, At War.

4

Knuckling up with a carbon-based common guarding goblin" - Aesop Rock, Put Your Quarter Up.

5

Getting 'em up throwin' 'em, bobbing and weaving beastin' Knuckling up with OGs in the middle of the street in" - E-40, Hillside.

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Synonyms

Squaring upThrowing handsScrappingFadingBoxingTussling
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