knee action

American  

noun

1. Automotive. a form of suspension for the front wheels of a vehicle permitting each wheel to rise and fall independently of the other.

2. limited and temporary bending at a joint provided to relieve a structure or machine part under stress.

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Etymology

Origin of knee action

1865–70, for an earlier sense

Example Sentences

Mr. McElhenny had a long stride, high knee action and could change directions with rabbit-like agility.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

Easily recognizable for his long stride and high knee action, McElhenny not only was fast but had the moves of a break dancer decades before break dancing became a thing.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2022

It has front wheel drive, "knee action" on all four wheels and lines phenomenally low and streamy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Son of a Union, N. J. tar tester, a competent but not brilliant student, Peacock runs without Metcalfe's finishing drive or Owens' smoothness, but with higher knee action than either.

From Time Magazine Archive

This one, by the way, was perpetually in the rear of the procession, its single garment hampering its knee action and making any sort of speed out of the question.

From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Litsey, Edwin Carlile