knock-knee

American  

[nok-nee] / ˈnɒkˌni /

noun

1. inward curvature of the legs, causing the knees to knock together in walking.

2. knock-knees, the knees of a person whose legs have such curvature.

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knock-knee British  

noun

1. Technical name: genu valgum. a condition in which the legs are bent inwards causing the knees to touch when standing

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Other Word Forms

• knock-kneed
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of knock-knee

First recorded in 1820–30

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Example Sentences

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knock-knee

Dr. Truslow operated on her right shin bone, just below the knee, to correct the knock-knee, knee flexion and outward flexion of that leg.

From Time Magazine Archive

That dog’s gonna be right jealous you dumped her so easy for something as plain and homely as that skinny, knock-knee Foster girl.

From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis

LOT 1 was marked in whitewashed knock-knee letters on the brew house; LOT 2 on that part of the main building which had been so long shut up.

From Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Flat-foot is often associated with knock-knee in children and young adults who are the subject of rickets.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

The static equilibrium may be disturbed by such deformities as flat-foot or knock-knee, and badly united fractures of the lower extremity.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

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