Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knee-buckler

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: knee-buck-ler
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).

Slang

noun

Anything so stunning as to have a weakening effect on a person.

Slang

Example Sentences

"This guy is a sensitive and gentle, yet exciting sex partner, certainly not rough but always leading the dance. She could get weak, just anticipating him, a real knee buckler."
"“Hi, Jimmy!” His friends stared back and forth between him and myself with their mouths open. Bella smiled a patented knee buckler at him."

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

knee-bucklers (plural)

Questions

What does knee-buckler mean?: A curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).

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