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knee-buckler

noun

Definitions

  1. A curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her…

    A curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).

  2. Anything so stunning as to have a weakening effect on a person.

    • 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.

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