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knee·cap
(nē′kăp′)tr.v. knee·capped, knee·cap·ping, knee·caps
To cripple by shooting in the legs, especially in the knees.
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kneecap
(ˈniːˌkæp)n
1. (Anatomy) anatomy a nontechnical name for patella
2. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) another word for poleyn
vb (tr) , -caps, -capping or -capped
(Military) to shoot (a person) in the kneecap, esp as an act of retaliation
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knee•cap
(ˈniˌkæp)n., v. -capped, -cap•ping. n.
1. the patella.
2. a protective covering for the knee.
v.t. 3. to cripple (a person) by shooting in the knee.
[1650–60]
knee′cap`per, n.
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knee·cap
(nē′kăp′) See patella.
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kneecap
Past participle: kneecapped
Gerund: kneecapping
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| Noun | 1. |  kneecap - a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee jointos sesamoideum, sesamoid, sesamoid bone - any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint articulatio genus, genu, human knee, knee, knee joint - hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella |
| Verb | 1. | kneecap - shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning; "They kneecapped the industrialist" |
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kneecap
nounRelated words
technical name patella
technical name patella
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Translations
رَضْفَةٌرَضْفَه: صابونة الرُّكْبَه
čéška
knæskal
polvilumpio
čašica koljena
térdkalács
hnéskel
ひざがしら
슬개골
jabĺčko
pogačica
knäskål
กระดูกสะบ้าหัวเข่า
xương bánh chè
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
kneecap
[ˈniːkæp] n → rotule f
vt → tirer un coup de feu dans la rotule deknee-deep [ˌniːˈdiːp] adj
The water was knee-deep → L'eau arrivait aux genoux.
They were knee-deep in mud → Ils avaient de la boue jusqu'aux genoux.knee-high [ˌniːˈhaɪ] adj
a field of knee-high sunflowers → un champ de tournesols qui arrivaient à hauteur de genouxknee-jerk [ˈniːdʒɜːrk] adj [reaction] → réflexe
The water was knee-deep → L'eau arrivait aux genoux.
They were knee-deep in mud → Ils avaient de la boue jusqu'aux genoux.knee-high [ˌniːˈhaɪ] adj
a field of knee-high sunflowers → un champ de tournesols qui arrivaient à hauteur de genouxknee-jerk [ˈniːdʒɜːrk] adj [reaction] → réflexe
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knee
(niː) noun1. the joint at the bend of the leg. He fell and cut his knee; The child sat on her father's knee; She was on her knees weeding the garden; He fell on his knees and begged for mercy.
2. the part of an article of clothing covering this joint. He has a hole in the knee of his trousers.
ˈkneecap noun the flat, round bone on the front of the knee joint.
ˌknee-ˈdeep adjective reaching up to, or covered up to, one's knees. knee-deep water; He is knee-deep in water.
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kneecap
→ رَضْفَةٌ čéška knæskal Kniescheibe επιγονατίδα rótula polvilumpio rotule čašica koljena rotula ひざがしら 슬개골 knieschijf kneskål rzepka rótula de joelho , rótula do joelho надколенник knäskål กระดูกสะบ้าหัวเข่า dizkapağı xương bánh chè 膝盖骨Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
knee·cap
n. rótula.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
kneecap
n rótulaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.