Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having knees: used chiefly in composition, as in
knock-kneed . - Marked with or by the knees; bulging at the knees, as a pair of trousers.
- In anat., zoöl., and botany, geniculate; bent at an angle, and protuberant at the bending, like the knee; having a swollen joint in a bent axis. Also
knee-jointed . See cut undergeniculate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having knees;- used chiefly in composition
- adjective (Bot.) Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective in combination Having some
specific type ofknee orknees . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
knee .
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Examples
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Billy Davies: Nigel Clough "kneed" me during skirmish
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Numerous eyewitness accounts provided to Gambling911. com confirmed Corfman's son, Steven, was unnecessarily "kneed" and "shouldered" by the guards for no apparent reason.
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You can also adjust the fit of the boot with impressive precision (which I love, since my shape is slightly knock-kneed, meaning that I always need to rotate and shift my boots around to fit).
New World Notes 2009
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Stay home and punish the weak-kneed, sell-out Democrats?
Michael Moore: A Boot to the Head Michael Moore 2010
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Stay home and punish the weak-kneed, sell-out Democrats?
Michael Moore: A Boot to the Head Michael Moore 2010
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She marched up to me and grabbed me by my expensive collar and kneed me in the balls.
365 tomorrows » 2009 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Thomas was tackled, hit with a baton, pinned to the ground, punched repeatedly in the ribs, kneed in the head, Tasered four times and then struck in the face with the Taser device eight times.
Brian Levin, J.D.: A Homeless Son's Death at the Hands of Police Spurs a Father's Call for Justice J.D. Brian Levin 2011
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Stay home and punish the weak-kneed, sell-out Democrats?
Michael Moore: A Boot to the Head Michael Moore 2010
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Thomas was tackled, hit with a baton, pinned to the ground, punched repeatedly in the ribs, kneed in the head, Tasered four times and then struck in the face with the Taser device eight times.
Brian Levin, J.D.: A Homeless Son's Death at the Hands of Police Spurs a Father's Call for Justice J.D. Brian Levin 2011
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Apparently, at least something survived my weak-kneed horticultural attempt.
Flowers' Progress, week 9 frankwu 2010
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