ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
1. : having knock-knee
an emaciated knock-kneed child
2.
a. : functioning or moving awkwardly or jerkily or laboriously
a knock-kneed mind
knock-kneed lines of verse
: limping, lame , inept , weak
a knock-kneed excuse
b. : devoid of smoothness and grace : clumsy , gauche
a knock-kneed collection of provincial practitioners — Times Literary Supplement
a knock-kneed vase in the foreground — H.L.Mencken