Kneecap

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See patella.
  • n. See kneepad.
  • v. To cripple by shooting in the legs, especially in the knees.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The flat, roundish bone in the knee.
  • v. To destroy the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneepan.
  • n. A cap or protection for the knee.
  • v. to break the knees of, especially by shooting in the kneecap; -- often done by criminal or terrorist groups as a warning or punishment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The bone capping the protuberance of the knee; the kneepan; the patella. See cut under knee-joint.
  • n. Any covering for the knee, worn as a protection from injury either to the joint or to the clothing that covers it.
  • n. Milit., same as genouillère.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
  • v. shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    os sesamoideum    sesamoid bone    sesamoid    shoot    hit    pip   
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    recap   
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