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Meaning of knee-buckler | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).
    slang
  2. Anything so stunning as to have a weakening effect on a person.
    slang

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

knee-cap knee-capping knee-cords knee-high knee-high blackberry knee-jerk

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