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knee-buckler en · NOUN
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(slang) A curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).
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(slang) 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.
2008, Everett Stephenson Jr., Resolution, page 195:“Hi, Jimmy!” His friends stared back and forth between him and myself with their mouths open. Bella smiled a patented knee buckler at him.
2013, Erik Schubach, Music of the Soul, volume 1:
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