knee-buckler
knee-buckler · knee-bucklers
A curveball that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckleA curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).
Meaning
2 senses(slang)A curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).
(slang)Anything so stunning as to have a weakening effect on a person.
Forms
plural: knee-bucklers| Singular | knee-buckler |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.