"kneecap" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈniːˌkæp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-kneecap.wav [US] Forms: kneecaps [plural]
enPR: nē'kăp Rhymes: -iːkæp Etymology: knee + cap Etymology templates: {{compound|en|knee|cap}} knee + cap Head templates: {{en-noun}} kneecap (plural kneecaps)
  1. (anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Skeleton, Violence Synonyms: kneepan, patella, rotula, scutum Translations (bone): knieskyf (Afrikaans), رَضَفَة (raḍafa) [feminine] (Arabic), صبونة (ṣabuna) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), ܙܵܒ݂ܘܼܪܬܵܐ ܕܥܲܛܡܵܐ [Classical-Syriac, feminine] (Aramaic), ծնկոսկր (cnkoskr) (Armenian), diz qapağı (Azerbaijani), тубыҡ ҡапҡасы (tubıq qapqası) (Bashkir), belaunburu (Basque), mell-glin [masculine] (Breton), kapala tuhut (Brunei Malay), патела (patela) [feminine] (Bulgarian), капачка на коляното (kapačka na koljanoto) (Bulgarian), ဒူးခေါင်း (du:hkaung:) (Burmese), ròtula [feminine] (Catalan), patel·la [feminine] (Catalan), sulau bukou (Central Melanau), 膝蓋骨 (Chinese Mandarin), 膝盖骨 (xīgàigǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), penn glin [masculine] (Cornish), čéška [feminine] (Czech), knæskal [common-gender] (Danish), ފިޔަން ކަށިގަނޑު (fiyan̊ kaṣigaⁿḍu) (Dhivehi), knieschijf [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), patella [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), patelo (Esperanto), polvilumpio (Finnish), rotule [feminine] (French), rodela [feminine] (Galician), rótula [feminine] (Galician), კვირისთავი (ḳviristavi) (Georgian), სამუხლე (samuxle) (Georgian), Kniescheibe [feminine] (German), Patella [feminine] (German), επιγονατίδα (epigonatída) [feminine] (Greek), penarã (Guaraní), פיקה (piká) [feminine] (Hebrew), térdkalács (Hungarian), hnéskel [feminine] (Icelandic), tempurung lutut (Indonesian), patela (Indonesian), cencawan (Indonesian), kunci-kunci lutut (Indonesian), polvensilmä (Ingrian), polvenkakku (Ingrian), gealacán [masculine] (Irish), gealacán glúine [masculine] (Irish), caipín glúine [masculine] (Irish), rotula [feminine] (Italian), patella [feminine] (Italian), 膝蓋骨 (shitsugaikotsu) (alt: しつがいこつ) (Japanese), ಮಂಡಿಚಿಪ್ಪು (maṇḍicippu) (Kannada), bulakus (Kapampangan), ក្បាលជង្គង់ (kbaal cŭəngkŭəng) (Khmer), 슬개골 (seulgaegol) (alt: 膝蓋骨) (Korean), 무릎뼈 (mureupppyeo) (Korean), ຫມາກບ້າຫົວເຂົ່າ (māk bā hūa khao) (Lao), ສະບັງ (english: sa bang) (Lao), ຊານຸມົນທົນ (sā nu mon thon) (Lao), patella [feminine] (Latin), Knéischeif [feminine] (Luxembourgish), tempurung lutut (Malay), cencawan (Malay), kunci-kunci lutut (Malay), patela (Malay), മുട്ടിൻചിരട്ട (muṭṭiṉciraṭṭa) (Malayalam), popoki (Maori), тойг (tojg) (Mongolian), पुलिक्वँय् (pulikwãê) (Newar), palette du g'nou [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), kulavê çokê (Northern Kurdish), čibbeskálžu (Northern Sami), دیز قپاغی (diz kapağı) (Ottoman Turkish), کشکک (kaškak) (Persian), rzepka [feminine] (Polish), rótula (Portuguese), patela [feminine] (Portuguese), коле́нная ча́шечка (kolénnaja čášečka) [feminine] (Russian), надколе́нник (nadkolénnik) [masculine] (Russian), надколе́нная ча́шка (nadkolénnaja čáška) [feminine] (Russian), कपोल (kapola) [masculine] (Sanskrit), چُھوݨی (chūṇī) [feminine] (Saraiki), failmean [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), pogačica [feminine] (Slovene), rótula [feminine] (Spanish), knäskål [common-gender] (Swedish), suklob-tuhod (Tagalog), suklob ng tuhod (Tagalog), bayugo (Tagalog), మోకాటి చిప్ప (mōkāṭi cippa) (Telugu), สะบ้า (sà-bâa) (Thai), པུས་མོའི་ལྷ་ང (pus mo'i lha nga) (Tibetan), diz kapağı (Turkish), patella (Turkish), колі́нна ча́шечка (kolínna čášečka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), наколі́нок (nakolínok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), надколі́нок (nadkolínok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), наколі́нник (nakolínnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), надколі́нник (nadkolínnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), patel (Volapük), padell pen-glin [feminine] (Welsh), pellen pen-glin [feminine] (Welsh), pob hauv caug (White Hmong)
    Sense id: en-kneecap-en-noun-MEV1AkZC Disambiguation of Skeleton: 30 26 11 15 18 Disambiguation of Violence: 14 22 13 27 23 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 8 19 18 27 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'bone': 100 0 0
  2. (roofing) A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent. Categories (topical): Roofing, Skeleton, Violence
    Sense id: en-kneecap-en-noun-50wJdV8K Disambiguation of Skeleton: 30 26 11 15 18 Disambiguation of Violence: 14 22 13 27 23 Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, roofing
  3. A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall. Categories (topical): Skeleton, Violence
    Sense id: en-kneecap-en-noun-AtVDiSe~ Disambiguation of Skeleton: 30 26 11 15 18 Disambiguation of Violence: 14 22 13 27 23 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 8 19 18 27

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈniːˌkæp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-kneecap.wav [US] Forms: kneecaps [present, singular, third-person], kneecapping [participle, present], kneecapped [participle, past], kneecapped [past]
enPR: nē'kăp Rhymes: -iːkæp Etymology: knee + cap Etymology templates: {{compound|en|knee|cap}} knee + cap Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} kneecap (third-person singular simple present kneecaps, present participle kneecapping, simple past and past participle kneecapped)
  1. (transitive) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Skeleton, Violence Translations (to destroy the knees): gambizzare (Italian), azzoppare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-kneecap-en-verb-ovpQpAlQ Disambiguation of Skeleton: 30 26 11 15 18 Disambiguation of Violence: 14 22 13 27 23 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 8 19 18 27 Disambiguation of 'to destroy the knees': 89 11
  2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging: To cut (someone) off at the knees. Tags: broadly, figuratively, transitive Categories (topical): Skeleton, Violence
    Sense id: en-kneecap-en-verb-ADYiX6IU Disambiguation of Skeleton: 30 26 11 15 18 Disambiguation of Violence: 14 22 13 27 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 6 20 21 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 8 19 18 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kneecapping, kneecapper

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          "sense": "bone",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "bone",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "bone",
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          "word": "caipín glúine"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "bone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "bone",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "patella"
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          "alt": "しつがいこつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shitsugaikotsu",
          "sense": "bone",
          "word": "膝蓋骨"
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          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "maṇḍicippu",
          "sense": "bone",
          "word": "ಮಂಡಿಚಿಪ್ಪು"
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          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "bone",
          "word": "bulakus"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kbaal cŭəngkŭəng",
          "sense": "bone",
          "word": "ក្បាលជង្គង់"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "seulgaegol",
          "sense": "bone",
          "word": "슬개골"
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      "expansion": "knee + cap",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "kneecaps",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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          "anatomy"
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          "flat"
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          "bone"
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          "knee",
          "knee"
        ]
      ],
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        "(anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "kneepan"
        },
        {
          "word": "patella"
        },
        {
          "word": "rotula"
        },
        {
          "word": "scutum"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Roofing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent."
      ],
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        [
          "roofing",
          "roofing#Noun"
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        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ],
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          "trim",
          "trim"
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        [
          "panel",
          "panel"
        ],
        [
          "rib",
          "rib"
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        [
          "cut",
          "cut"
        ],
        [
          "bent",
          "bend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(roofing) A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "construction",
        "manufacturing",
        "roofing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall."
      ],
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        [
          "cap",
          "cap"
        ],
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ],
        [
          "covering",
          "covering"
        ],
        [
          "knee",
          "knee"
        ],
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ],
        [
          "protect",
          "protect"
        ],
        [
          "fall",
          "fall"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈniːˌkæp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːkæp"
    },
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      "enpr": "nē'kăp"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "knieskyf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raḍafa",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رَضَفَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣabuna",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "صبونة"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܙܵܒ݂ܘܼܪܬܵܐ ܕܥܲܛܡܵܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cnkoskr",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "ծնկոսկր"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "diz qapağı"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "tubıq qapqası",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "тубыҡ ҡапҡасы"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "belaunburu"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mell-glin"
    },
    {
      "code": "kxd",
      "lang": "Brunei Malay",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "kapala tuhut"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "patela",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "патела"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kapačka na koljanoto",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "капачка на коляното"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "du:hkaung:",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "ဒူးခေါင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ròtula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patel·la"
    },
    {
      "code": "mel",
      "lang": "Central Melanau",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "sulau bukou"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "膝蓋骨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīgàigǔ",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "膝盖骨"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "penn glin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "čéška"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "knæskal"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "fiyan̊ kaṣigaⁿḍu",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "ފިޔަން ކަށިގަނޑު"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "knieschijf"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patella"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "patelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "polvilumpio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rotule"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rodela"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rótula"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳviristavi",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "კვირისთავი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "samuxle",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "სამუხლე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kniescheibe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Patella"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epigonatída",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "επιγονατίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "gn",
      "lang": "Guaraní",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "penarã"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "piká",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פיקה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "térdkalács"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hnéskel"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "tempurung lutut"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "patela"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "cencawan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "kunci-kunci lutut"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "polvensilmä"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "polvenkakku"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gealacán"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gealacán glúine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caipín glúine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rotula"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patella"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しつがいこつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shitsugaikotsu",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "膝蓋骨"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "maṇḍicippu",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "ಮಂಡಿಚಿಪ್ಪು"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "bulakus"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kbaal cŭəngkŭəng",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "ក្បាលជង្គង់"
    },
    {
      "alt": "膝蓋骨",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "seulgaegol",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "슬개골"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mureupppyeo",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "무릎뼈"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "kulavê çokê"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "māk bā hūa khao",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "ຫມາກບ້າຫົວເຂົ່າ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "english": "sa bang",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "ສະບັງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sā nu mon thon",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "ຊານຸມົນທົນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patella"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Knéischeif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "tempurung lutut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "cencawan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "kunci-kunci lutut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "patela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "muṭṭiṉciraṭṭa",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "മുട്ടിൻചിരട്ട"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "popoki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tojg",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "тойг"
    },
    {
      "code": "new",
      "lang": "Newar",
      "roman": "pulikwãê",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "पुलिक्वँय्"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palette du g'nou"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "čibbeskálžu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "diz kapağı",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "دیز قپاغی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kaškak",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "کشکک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rzepka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "rótula"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "patela"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolénnaja čášečka",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "коле́нная ча́шечка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nadkolénnik",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "надколе́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nadkolénnaja čáška",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "надколе́нная ча́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "kapola",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "कपोल"
    },
    {
      "code": "skr",
      "lang": "Saraiki",
      "roman": "chūṇī",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "چُھوݨی"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "failmean"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pogačica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rótula"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "knäskål"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "suklob-tuhod"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "suklob ng tuhod"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "bayugo"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mōkāṭi cippa",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "మోకాటి చిప్ప"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-bâa",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "สะบ้า"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "pus mo'i lha nga",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "པུས་མོའི་ལྷ་ང"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "diz kapağı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "patella"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kolínna čášečka",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "колі́нна ча́шечка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nakolínok",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наколі́нок"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nadkolínok",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "надколі́нок"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nakolínnyk",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наколі́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nadkolínnyk",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "надколі́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "patel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "padell pen-glin"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "bone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pellen pen-glin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mww",
      "lang": "White Hmong",
      "sense": "bone",
      "word": "pob hauv caug"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kneecap"
}

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    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/iːkæp",
    "Rhymes:English/iːkæp/2 syllables",
    "en:Skeleton",
    "en:Violence"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "knee",
        "3": "cap"
      },
      "expansion": "knee + cap",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "knee + cap",
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    {
      "form": "kneecaps",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kneecapping",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kneecapped",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kneecapped",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "kneecap (third-person singular simple present kneecaps, present participle kneecapping, simple past and past participle kneecapped)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "kneecapping"
    },
    {
      "word": "kneecapper"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020, Liam Kennedy, Who Was Responsible for the Troubles?, McGill-Queen's Press, page 109",
          "text": "The Sinn Féin press officer Richard McAuley freely admitted, “Back four or five years ago, people were getting kneecapped who should not have been kneecapped.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "knee",
          "knee"
        ],
        [
          "shoot",
          "shoot"
        ],
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ],
        [
          "criminal",
          "criminal"
        ],
        [
          "terrorist",
          "terrorist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging: To cut (someone) off at the knees."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ],
        [
          "excessively",
          "excessively"
        ],
        [
          "needlessly",
          "needlessly"
        ],
        [
          "damaging",
          "damaging"
        ],
        [
          "cut (someone) off",
          "cut off"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative, by extension) To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging: To cut (someone) off at the knees."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈniːˌkæp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːkæp"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-kneecap.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-kneecap.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-kneecap.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/93/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-kneecap.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vininn126-kneecap.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "nē'kăp"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to destroy the knees",
      "word": "gambizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to destroy the knees",
      "word": "azzoppare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kneecap"
}

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