knee-buckler

noun

A curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).

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Meanings

nounknee-buckler (plural knee-bucklers)

plural knee-bucklers

  1. slangball gamesA curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).
  2. slangAnything so stunning as to have a weakening effect on a person.

    “Hi, Jimmy!” His friends stared back and forth between him and myself with their mouths open. Bella smiled a patented knee buckler at him.

    2013, Erik Schubach, Music of the Soul, volume 1
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    This guy is a sensitive and gentle, yet exciting sex partner, certainly not rough but always leading the dance. She could get weak, just anticipating him, a real knee buckler.

    2008, Everett Stephenson Jr., Resolution, page 195
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Chicago

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