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  • noun Alternative spelling of kneecap.

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Examples

  • And when a reviewer seems to take pleasure in doing a knee-cap job, I think the line of journalistic decorum has been crossed.

    On reviewing 2009

  • Two things I had acquired by my accident: an injured knee-cap that went undressed and from which

    Chapter 4 2010

  • Judgement call, if I was absolutely 100% sure it was really him, I would knee-cap him so he couldn't run away, crude and insensative, yes but none the less effevtive. why?? because I have a cheap phone, w/o camera, and my wife doesn't trust me to take either of our cameras hunting LOL. besides if it was some joker in a costume, he's tresspassing, and "Tresspassers will be shot, Survivors wil be shot again."

    If you encountered a Bigfoot which was not aggressive and merely watching you, would you shoot it or let it walk away? 2009

  • Judgement call, if I was absolutely 100% sure it was really him, I would knee-cap him so he couldn't run away, crude and insensative, yes but none the less effevtive. why?? because I have a cheap phone, w/o camera, and my wife doesn't trust me to take either of our cameras hunting LOL. besides if it was some joker in a costume, he's tresspassing, and "Tresspassers will be shot, Survivors wil be shot again."

    If you encountered a Bigfoot which was not aggressive and merely watching you, would you shoot it or let it walk away? 2009

  • Here in Ohio, most folks you run into in my area (of course we're just rural country bumpkins, not living in the bigger cities) are fed up with increased 'hate crimes' legislation, incredible amounts of unsustainable spending, taxes getting ready to skyrocket on the crap and trade legislation that will simultaneously knee-cap our industrial sector (read our local economy), and gov't wanting to jump into health care.

    Obama urges 'strong, sustainable' governments in Africa 2009

  • Broadcast Flag was, “about the movie studios demanding unprecedented veto power over digital technology because they believe they can see into the future and have the right to knee-cap technological innovation, free competition, and consumer rights in order to prop up aging business models,” wrote Cory Doctorow when he still worked for the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

    ‘I’ve lost a dog named Justice’ 2009

  • With Congress trying to knee-cap our industries with cap and trade, trying to shove a health care reform bill through Congress that no one has read yet, just passing 700 million dollars to provide "enhanced contraception" for wild horses (any doubters? look up HR 1018).

    Poll: Dodd on the rebound? 2009

  • His bipartite patella (split knee-cap) is holding up, his private life is settled, his game is synchronised and his opponent has, at least fleetingly here, looked shockingly vulnerable.

    Wimbledon 2010: Andy Murray has the ability on grass to reach the final 2010

  • He said that this would generate "humbling conditions" for Iran and "knee-cap Iran's ambitions."

    Steve Clemons: Jeffrey Goldberg Probes Israel's Iran Strike Option: Is Netanyahu a "Bomber Boy"? 2010

  • He said that this would generate "humbling conditions" for Iran and "knee-cap Iran's ambitions."

    Steve Clemons: Jeffrey Goldberg Probes Israel's Iran Strike Option: Is Netanyahu a "Bomber Boy"? 2010

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