Definitions for kneecap

kneecap knee·cap

Spelling: [nee-kap]
IPA: /ˈniˌkæp/

Kneecap is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in kneecap (aceeknp).

Definitions for kneecap

noun

  1. the patella.
  2. a protective covering, usually knitted, for the knee.

verb (used with object)

  1. to cripple (a person) by shooting in the knee:

Origin of kneecap

First recorded in 1650-60; knee + cap1

Examples for kneecap

My muddy shoe slipped, and I banged my kneecap on a fence rail, clinging for dear life.

In the action I saw that his leg pained him, for he bent it suddenly and put his hand on the kneecap.

Red turned away in disgust to leap from my kneecap to Willy's.

Gillibrand exclaims, punctuating her eruption with a brisk swat to my kneecap.

From her perch on my kneecap Red said, coolly, "Don't you dare try that again."

At the same time, Tea Partyers are fending off Republican attempts to “kneecap” the movement as a whole, says Carender.

You cannot kneecap a statistic, though you can sometimes make it limp.

The sun crept up his leg and his kneecap began to prickle pleasantly under the linen trousers.

The trappers entertain a superstitious notion, which leads them to remove a kneecap from each beaver and throw it into the fire.

His elevation above the valley was about the kneecap of the Generoso.

Word Value for kneecap
Scrable

15

Words with friends

18

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