Knickers
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnɪkəz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Knickers is a noun meaning (colloquial, now US, rare) Knickerbockers.
Meaning
(colloquial, now US, rare) Knickerbockers.
More Meanings
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Women's underpants.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A mild exclamation of annoyance.
Example Sentences
He was a student at Notre Dame, a robust Joe-College kind of kid, husky and tall and always dressed in plus-four knickers.
Students in the University were not permitted to keep cars, and the men – hatless, in knickers and bright pull-overs – looked down upon the town boys who wore hats cupped rigidly upon pomaded heads […].
The debate here is not over whether raising £26,000 (and counting) for our troops is a wonderful thing – it unarguably is – but over whether, whenever times are tough and money must be found, our default reaction as women should be to take off our knickers to help out?
Word Forms
- knicker
Synonyms for knickers
Depending on context, synonyms include drawers, breeches, bloomers, pants, knee breeches, knickerbockers.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include breeches, drawers, bloomers, pants, knickerbockers, knee breeches.
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