Definition of Kneecap

1. Noun. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.

Exact synonyms: Kneepan, Patella
Generic synonyms: Os Sesamoideum, Sesamoid, Sesamoid Bone
Group relationships: Articulatio Genus, Genu, Human Knee, Knee, Knee Joint
Derivative terms: Patellar

2. Verb. Shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning. "They kneecapped the industrialist"
Generic synonyms: Hit, Pip, Shoot

Definition of Kneecap

1. n. The kneepan.

Definition of Kneecap

1. Noun. The flat, roundish bone in the knee. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To destroy the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kneecap

1. to maim by shooting in the kneecap (a bone at the front of the knee) [v -CAPPED, -CAPPING, -CAPS]

Medical Definition of Kneecap

1. 1. The kneepan. 2. A cap or protection for the knee. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kneecap

knee piece
knee prosthesis
knee reflex
knee roll
knee rolls
knee scooter
knee scooters
knee slapper
knee slappers
knee sock
knee socks
knee sprain
kneeboard
kneeboards
kneebrush
kneecap (current term)
kneecapped
kneecapper
kneecappers
kneecapping
kneecappings
kneecaps
kneed
kneedeep
kneedness
kneehole
kneehole desk
kneeholes
kneeing
kneeings

Literary usage of Kneecap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"App. 501: —$7.500—stevedore, 28 years of age, earning upwards of $1200 per year—kneecap and elbow joint fractured, portions of the bone removed from elbow ..."

2. Advanced First-aid Instructions for Miners: A Report on Standardization by George H. Halberstadt, United States Bureau of Mines, August F. Knoefel, William Aloysius Lynott, Walter Scott Rountree, Matthew Joseph Shields (1917)
"Fracture of the kneecap ¡s caused by a direct or indirect blow, or by muscular action. It can be easily recognized by the following symptoms : Pain, ..."

3. Handbook for Highway Engineers: Containing Information Ordinarily Used in by Wilson Gardner Harger, Edmund Arnold Bonney (1919)
"FRACTURE OF THE kneecap Fracture of the kneecap may be transverse, ... Another handkerchief should be passed above the kneecap, and be knotted at the back ..."

4. Surgical Operations: A Handbook for Students and Practitioners by Friedrich Pels-Leusder (1912)
"Curved skin incision on the outer side of the kneecap, beginning a little on the muscular belly of the vastus extern us, and ending below in the middle line ..."

5. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"... at either extremity or along the center, or in the event of the complete fracture of the kneecap, there shall be paid one hundred dollars. ..."

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