kneeing

verb

present participle of knee
as in kicking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kneeing
  1. kicking
  2. bumping
  3. shoving
  4. pushing
  5. jabbing
  6. poking
  7. jostling
  8. tapping
Verb
  • Freese inexplicably kicking the grass instead of the ball is not on him.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
  • Nightingale says that if life has been kicking you around, don’t give up because sometimes the comeback can be even better than the dream.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of kicking
Verb
  • Traveling down conveyor belts, bumping around on baggage carts and in cargo holds, suitcases quickly pick up scuffs that can be hard to remove.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 27 July 2026
  • And for everyone in the F1 paddock, there is now additional clarity on plans for the second half of the season heading into the summer break, while bumping the calendar back up to a provisional 23 races.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Definition of bumping
Verb
  • The idea here is that so many consumers are buying digital already, shoving those last players over is inevitable, so Sony may as well do it now.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Instead, some of its players turned the postgame handshakes into a brawl, with Argentine midfielder Leandro Paredes drawing a red card for grabbing Spain’s Eric Garcia by the throat and shoving him to the turf.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of shoving
Verb
  • Nvidia’s chips are essential to AI data centers, pushing its business to stratospheric heights.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • Chawinga is busy pushing Black excellence for her own country, Malawi, by leading the nation’s women’s soccer team in its Women’s Africa Cup of Nations debut.
    — PJ Green July 30, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Definition of pushing
Verb
  • The show ushered in a new era of winking, elbow-jabbing meta-musicals.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • The audience groaned, while Vergara and Mel B screamed for Strange to stop jabbing at his partner through the box.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 17 June 2026
Definition of jabbing
Verb
  • At first glance, corals present as little more than colorful rocks — piles of lobes, stalagmites, and branches poking out from the seafloor.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Carpenter suggests applying it to vertical surfaces, or using soaked cotton balls in open glass jars (or poking holes in the lids to allow the fumes to escape).
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of poking
Verb
  • Multiple governments are jostling for sovereignty over the waterway, a crucial economic corridor through which one third of global maritime trade passes every year.
    — Ivan Watson, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • The biggest lesson from the 2026 World Cup is not that B2B brands are jostling for center stage with B2C sponsors.
    — Nikos Lemanis, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of jostling
Verb
  • For five days and most of a sixth, The Athletic’s Ambition Index was tapping its toes like Sonic the Hedgehog, waiting to see some ambition.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Anyone can install it and see their work in action after tapping through a few sideloading alerts.
    — Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
Definition of tapping
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