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- US Pronunciation
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- [thik nee]
- /θɪk ni/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [thik nee]
- /θɪk ni/
Definition of thick-knee word
- noun thick-knee any of several crepuscular or nocturnal wading birds of the family Burhinidae, of the Old World and tropical America, having a thickened joint between the femoral and tibiotarsal bones. 1
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Origin of thick-knee
First appearance:
before 1810 One of the 40% newest English words
First recorded in 1810-20
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Parts of speech for Thick-knee
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thick-knee popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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