knock-kneed

knock-kneed

See also: knockkneed

English

Adjective

knock-kneed

1. (of the legs) Having the knees abnormally close together, and the ankles spread apart.
   • 1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat […] ‎:

     I called for the cheeses, and took them away in a cab. It was a ramshackle affair, dragged along by a knock-kneed, broken-winded somnambulist, which his owner, in a moment of enthusiasm, during conversation, referred to as a horse.

2. (of a person or animal) Suffering from genu valgum (or tibia valga).

Antonyms

• bow-legged

Related terms

• knock knee

Translations

having knees abnormally close together

Bikol Central: piki Danish: kalveknæet Dutch: x-benen (nl) pl Finnish: pihtipolvinen Galician: trenco (gl) m, crouvexo m, zapexo m German: x-beinig (de) Hebrew: בֶּרֶךְ קְלוּבָה‎ f (berekh kluva) Latin: valgus Maori: turi haka Norwegian: Bokmål: kalvbeint, kalvbent Nynorsk: kalvbeint Spanish: zambo (es) Swedish: kobent (sv) Tagalog: piki, pakid

suffering from genu valgum

Finnish: pihtipolvinen Galician: trenco (gl) m, zambro m, crouvexo m, zapexo m, carrancholas m Spanish: befo (es), zambo (es)