kneecap

Other forms of kneecap

plural

kneecaps·

past tense or participle

kneecapped

present participle

kneecapping

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kneecap

What does kneecap mean?

kneecap means "a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kneecap?

kneecap has 2 syllables: knee-cap. The stress falls on "knee". In IPA it is /ˈniˌkæp/.

What is another word for kneecap?

Close synonyms include patella, kneepan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kneecap a common word?

kneecap is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with kneecap?

7 words rhyme with kneecap. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.