Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

flying knee

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables: fly-ing knee
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A strike performed by jumping forward and hitting the opponent with the knee.

Example Sentences

"The flying knee is one of the most powerful strikes that one human being can use on another, short of employing a weapon."
"Provided that it makes impact with the head, a flying knee offers substantial momentum and knockout power."
"Although charging in with a flying knee can be a reckless move, it does overcome somewhat the limited range of the front knee strike and has a proven track record in MMA fights of getting a quick knockout when fighers have managed to connect with the head."

Inflected Forms

flying knees (plural)

Questions

What does flying knee mean?: A strike performed by jumping forward and hitting the opponent with the knee.

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