kneecap
IPA: nˈikæp
noun
- (anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee.
- (roofing) A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent.
- A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall.
verb
- (transitive) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
- (transitive, figurative, by extension) To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging: To cut (someone) off at the knees.
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Examples of "kneecap" in Sentences
- The toe and kneecap are aligned.
- Shin guards also protect the kneecap.
- A patella fracture is a fracture of the kneecap.
- He had finished the stage with a broken kneecap.
- It flutters, it glides and it lands on the kneecap.
- I suspect there were lawsuits on the behalf of the kneecaps.
- He had fractured his kneecap and became the team manager and waterboy.
- It is where the kneecap slips off the groove on which it normally sits.
- Chondromalacia is due to an irritation of the undersurface of the kneecap.
- He does stuff like whack the vandalism and kneecap the vandals that do it.
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