Usually means: Bones protecting the knee joint.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. kneecaps: Merriam-Webster
  2. kneecaps: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. kneecaps: Collins English Dictionary
  4. kneecaps: Vocabulary.com
  5. kneecaps: Wordnik
  6. kneecaps: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. kneecaps: Wiktionary
  8. kneecaps: Dictionary.com
  9. kneecaps: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. kneecaps: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. kneecaps: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. kneecaps: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. kneecaps: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. kneecaps: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (kneecap)

noun:  (anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee.
noun:  (roofing) A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent.
noun:  A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall.
verb:  (transitive) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
verb:  (transitive, figurative, by extension) To attack (someone) in a way that is excessively and needlessly damaging: To cut (someone) off at the knees.
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