Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give a knee

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
give a knee
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To act as second or bottleholder in a fight, the principal resting on the second's knee during the pauses between the rounds.

Inflected Forms

gives a knee (present, singular) giving a knee (participle, present) gave a knee (past) given a knee (participle, past)

Synonyms

offer a knee

Questions

What does give a knee mean?
To act as second or bottleholder in a fight, the principal resting on the second's knee during the pauses between the rounds.

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