English - Turkish
Definition of kneecap in English Turkish dictionary
- diz kapağı kemiği
- dizkapağı
- dizkapaği
- dizlik/dizkapağı kemik
- (isim) dizkapağı
- dizinden vur
- dizkapağı kemiği
- diz ağırşağı
English - English
Definition of kneecap in English English dictionary
- To destroy the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists
- The flat, roundish bone in the knee
- {f} shoot in the kneecap or knee; cripple by shooting in the kneecap
- A cap or protection for the knee
- shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning
- The kneepan
- Your kneecaps are the bones at the front of your knees. to shoot someone's knee caps as an unofficial punishment
- a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint
- {i} knee bone, patella; knee protector, knee pad
- patella
- {i} kneepan
- kneecapping
- An act of this type of punishment
The mafiosi punished the informer by giving him a kneecapping.
- kneecapping
- The act of destroying the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists
There have been five reports of kneecapping this month.
- The kneecap
- patella
- kneecapping
- {i} act of crippling by shooting in the legs (especially in the knees)
- kneecaps
- plural of kneecap
Related Terms
kneecap
Hyphenation
knee·capTurkish pronunciation
nikäpPronunciation
/ˈnēˌkap/ /ˈniːˌkæp/
Etymology
[ 'nE-"kap ] (noun.) 1869. knee + capResimler
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