Translation guide
The small bone at the front of the knee, or the act of injuring someone's knee.
The flat, round bone at the front of the knee joint.
To shoot or strike someone in the kneecap, often as a form of punishment or intimidation.
Literally 'shoot the knee'. The most direct way to express shooting someone in the kneecap.
He was shot in the kneecap as retaliation.
Means 'smash the knee'. Implies a brutal, deliberate act, often with a blunt object.
The mafia smashed his kneecap to collect a debt.