nnoun.bodya small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee jointSynset:kneepan patella
Derivationally Related Form:patellar
Part Holonyms:articulatio genus genu human knee knee knee joint
Hypernyms:os sesamoideum sesamoid sesamoid bone
Inherited Hypernyms:patellasesamoid boneboneconnective tissueanimal tissuetissuebody partpartthingphysical entityentity
vverb.competitionshoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warningExamples:- They kneecapped the industrialist
Hypernyms:hit pip shoot
Inherited Hypernyms:kneecapshootinjurehurtindisposechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody