Knock-kneed
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having the knees abnormally close together, and the ankles spread apart.
"I called for the cheeses, and took them away in a cab. It was a ramshackle affair, dragged along by a knock-kneed, broken-winded somnambulist, which his owner, in a moment of enthusiasm, during conversation, referred to as a horse."
- 2 Of a person or animal, suffering from genu valgum (or tibia valga).
Adjective
- 1 having the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart wordnet
Example
More examples"I called for the cheeses, and took them away in a cab. It was a ramshackle affair, dragged along by a knock-kneed, broken-winded somnambulist, which his owner, in a moment of enthusiasm, during conversation, referred to as a horse."
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