Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kneecap

1 sense of kneecap

Sense 1
patella, kneecap, kneepan -- (a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint)
       => sesamoid bone, sesamoid, os sesamoideum -- (any of several small round bones formed in a tendon where it passes over a joint)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb kneecap

1 sense of kneecap

Sense 1
kneecap -- (shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning; "They kneecapped the industrialist")
       => shoot, hit, pip -- (hit with a missile from a weapon)