Definition of Knock-kneed

1. Adjective. Having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart.

Similar to: Unfit

Definition of Knock-kneed

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of knockkneed) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knock-kneed

knobkierie
knobkieries
knobless
knoblike
knobology
knobs
knobstick
knobsticks
knock
knock-about
knock-down(a)
knock-down-and-drag-out
knock-for-knock agreement
knock-knee
knock-kneed (current term)
knock-knees
knock-knock
knock-knock joke
knock-knock jokes
knock-off
knock-on
knock-on effect
knock-on effects
knock-ons
knock-out
knock-out drops
knock-up
knock Anthony

Literary usage of Knock-kneed

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

1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"Evidently an injury cramping the growth at this time can not be remedied ; and if the children have any tendency to become bandy-legged or knock-kneed, ..."

2. Annals of the French Stage from Its Origin to the Death of Racine by Frederick William Hawkins (1884)
"Beaubourg, sad to ate, was somewhat knock-kneed, but a noble air and handsome countenance went far to redeem the drawback. In point of intelligence and ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"Bandy legs are crooked legs, and the term is commonly used both of bow- legs and of knock-kneed ones. So far as ray experience goes, however, the latter use ..."

4. Library of Universal Knowledge: A Reprint of the Last (1880) Edinburgh and (1881)
"... or by too sudden contraction of the extensor muscles in whose conjoined tendon it liée; and is most liable to occur in knock- kneed, flabby persons. ..."

5. Researches Into the Pathology and Treatment of Deformities in the Human Body by John Bishop (1852)
"Mechanical structure of the knee-joint ; knock- kneed and bow-legged persons. THE mesial plane is supposed to divide the body in such a manner that the ..."

6. A Full Account of the System of Friction: As Adopted and Pursued with the by John Grosvenor, William Cleoburey (1825)
"... the consequence is, some of them become knock- kneed, or their feet turn out. And in these cases rest and friction should be resorted to. ..."

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