kneecap








noun

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

verb (used with object), knee·capped, knee·cap·ping.

  1. to cripple (a person) by shooting in the knee: Terrorists were kneecapping prospective jurors.

noun

  1. anatomy a nontechnical name for patella
  2. another word for poleyn

verb -caps, -capping or -capped (tr)

  1. (esp of certain terrorist groups) to shoot (a person) in the kneecap, esp as an act of retaliation
n.

1650s, “a covering or protection for the knee,” from knee (n.) + cap (n.). Meaning “bone in front of the knee joint” is from 1869; the verb in the underworld sense of “to shoot (someone) in the knee” as punishment is attested by 1975. Related: Kneecapped.

n.

  1. patella

  1. See patella.
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