kneeing

kneeing is the present participle and gerund of knee.

Meaning of knee

knee (third-person singular simple present knees, present participle kneeing, simple past and past participle kneed)

(archaic, transitive) To kneel to.
- I could as well be brought / To knee his throne and, squire-like, pension beg / To keep base life afootc. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
(transitive) To poke or strike with the knee.
- When I blocked her from leaving, she kneed me in the groin.
(reflexive) To move on the knees; to use the knees to move.
- Hassan kneed himself up, over, in, soundlessly, feet on floor, knife out, eyes like blunter knife trying to cut darkness.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 489

kneeing (plural kneeings)

plural	kneeings

What does kneeing mean?: Kneeing means a blow made with the knee.
What is kneeing the present participle and gerund of?: Kneeing is the present participle and gerund of knee.
What part of speech is kneeing?: Kneeing is a noun.
What is the plural of kneeing?: The plural of kneeing is kneeings.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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