knock-kneed

adjective

Having the knees abnormally close together, and the ankles spread apart.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. medicineHaving the knees abnormally close together, and the ankles spread apart.

    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.

    1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat […]
  2. medicineOf a person or animal, suffering from genu valgum (or tibia valga).

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving the knees abnormally close together and the ankles wide apart

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Czech s nohama do x
  • s nohama do xsuffering from genu valgum
Danish kalveknæet
  • kalveknæethaving knees abnormally close together
Dutch x-benen
  • x-benenhaving knees abnormally close together
Finnish pihtipolvinen, pihtipolvinen
  • pihtipolvinenhaving knees abnormally close together
  • pihtipolvinensuffering from genu valgum
French cagneux
  • cagneuxhaving knees abnormally close together
German x-beinig
  • x-beinighaving knees abnormally close together
Hebrew בֶּרֶךְ קְלוּבָה
  • בֶּרֶךְ קְלוּבָה (berekh kluva)having knees abnormally close together
Latin varus
  • varushaving knees abnormally close together
Māori turi haka
  • turi hakahaving knees abnormally close together
Norwegian Bokmål kalvbeint, kalvbent
  • kalvbeinthaving knees abnormally close together
  • kalvbenthaving knees abnormally close together
Polish koślawy, koślawy
  • koślawyhaving knees abnormally close together
  • koślawysuffering from genu valgum
Spanish zambo, zámbigo
  • zambohaving knees abnormally close together
  • zámbigohaving knees abnormally close together
  • befosuffering from genu valgum
  • zambosuffering from genu valgum
Swedish kobent
  • kobenthaving knees abnormally close together
Tagalog piki, pakid
  • pikihaving knees abnormally close together
  • pakidhaving knees abnormally close together
Cite this entry
APA

knock-kneed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knock-kneed

MLA

“knock-kneed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knock-kneed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knock-kneed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knock-kneed.

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