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kneecap definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint [syn: patella, kneecap, kneepan] v
1: shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning; "They kneecapped the industrialist"

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1869 patella

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 the convex bone in front of the knee-joint. 2 a protective covering for the knee. --v.tr. (-capped, -capping) colloq. shoot (a person) in the knee or leg as a punishment, esp. for betraying a terrorist group. Derivatives: kneecapping n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Kneecap Knee"cap`, n. 1. (Anat.) The kneepan. 2. A cap or protection for the knee.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also knee-cap(kneecaps) Your kneecaps are the bones at the front of your knees. N-COUNT