Definitions

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  • adjective of the legs having the knees abnormally close together, and the ankles spread apart
  • adjective of a person suffering from genu valgum (or tibia valga)

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Examples

  • The last time I had let myself go so completely was with Tim, which still left me knockkneed in my own kitchen six years later, as I had discovered tonight.

    Last Lullaby Denise Hamilton 2004

  • The last time I had let myself go so completely was with Tim, which still left me knockkneed in my own kitchen six years later, as I had discovered tonight.

    Last Lullaby Denise Hamilton 2004

  • The door crashed open and the piano player made his ridiculous, knockkneed run for the sun.

    The Gunslinger King, Stephen, 1947- 1982

  • When the old farmer went up to him with knockkneed, rheumatic tread, inquiring, "Well, how goes it?" the architect would reply:

    The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

  • You mean that knockkneed mother's darling who seems to be slightly crawsick?

    Ulysses James Joyce 1911

  • A few feet away he tried to read what was on the map, but, unable to do so, drew closer, pale-faced and knockkneed, and stared at the map and the little flags.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • A few feet away he tried to read what was on the map, but, unable to do so, drew closer, pale-faced and knockkneed, and stared at the map and the little flags.

    Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • A few feet away he tried to read what was on the map, but, unable to do so, drew closer, pale-faced and knockkneed, and stared at the map and the little flags.

    Donovan Pasha, and Some People of Egypt — Volume 1 Gilbert Parker 1897

  • After about an hour, Len turned his family’s knockkneed, powder blue Buick onto a dirt road, where he had to dodge potholes.

    GUARDIAN OF THE VEIL GREGORY SPENCER 2007

  • You mean that knockkneed mother’s darling who seems to be slightly crawsick?

    Ulysses 2003

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  • Joyce, Ulysses: "You mean that knockkneed mother's darling who seems to be slightly crawsick?"

    September 26, 2007