trick knee

American  

noun

1. a condition of the knee in which the joint suddenly stiffens or abandons its support.

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Example Sentences

Other than the Joe Nash “trick knee’’ wild-card playoff game following the 1988 season, the Seahawks-Bengals series may not conjure a ton of indelible memories.

From Seattle Times

Clearly, these cases are not your neighbor whose chiropractor fixed his trick knee.

From Washington Post

Muhammad – mother of five, grandmother of 16, great-grandmother of 13 — has a trick knee.

From Washington Post

They are like a trick knee, a bad back, an irritable bowel, or tennis elbow.

From Time

As he made his way toward his chair, he drily noted, “My trick knee is warning me that we might have some rain. So prepare yourselves.”

From Literature