Kneecap (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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
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