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Webster 1913 Edition


kneecap

knee′capˊ

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Noun.
1.
(Anat.)
A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneepan.

Definition 2024


kneecap

kneecap

See also: knee-cap and knee cap

English

Noun

kneecap (plural kneecaps)

  1. The flat, roundish bone in the knee.

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Verb

kneecap (third-person singular simple present kneecaps, present participle kneecapping, simple past and past participle kneecapped)

  1. (transitive) To destroy the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.

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