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knuckle-kneed

knuckle-kneed adjective: having knobbly knees.

Adjective

knuckle-kneed (comparative more knuckle-kneed, superlative most knuckle-kneed)

  1. (UK, dialectal) Having knobbly knees.

Forms of knuckle-kneed

comparativemore knuckle-kneed
superlativemost knuckle-kneed

Questions about knuckle-kneed

What does knuckle-kneed mean?
Knuckle-kneed means having knobbly knees.
What part of speech is knuckle-kneed?
Knuckle-kneed is an adjective.

Words near knuckle-kneed in the dictionary

  1. knuckle-dragger
  2. knuckle-draggers
  3. knuckle-dragging
  4. knuckle-duster
  5. knuckle-dusters
  6. knuckle-kneed
  7. knuckle-scraper
  8. knuckle-scrapers
  9. knuckle-tat
  10. knuckle-tats
  11. knuckle-walking

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