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thick-knee

thick-knee
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [thik nee]
    • /θɪk ni/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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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