knee-high
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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another word for knee-deep
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as high as the knee
a knee-high child
Etymology
Origin of knee-high
An Americanism dating back to 1735–45
Example Sentences
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"You've got a ball bouncing at knee high and then you've got a ball bouncing at chest high. It doesn't really do you too much good."
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
But unlike their battle the previous night, this breaking ball was not off the plate, but rather knee high and over the inner half.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024
Unmown grass at the site has already grown knee high.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2024
Also, when should I prune a struggling climbing rose tree that I want to cut knee high this year.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022
The young man said, “I don’t suppose you remember me, Mr. Bowditch. I haven’t been around Salem much for years. I was knee high to a grasshopper when I went to Harvard.”
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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