Knicks
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Knicks is a noun meaning (British, colloquial) Knickers.
Meaning
(British, colloquial) Knickers.
More Meanings
- (cycling) Lycra pants (usually short) used by cyclists.
Example Sentences
Despite all the attention focused on Beth, when Gossip performs, they are without doubt a band: Nathan and Hannah Billie, the drummer, being just as cartoon charismatic as Beth herself, though perhaps less likely to strip to their knicks and dive-bomb the crowd.
“People never notice you when you are looking half- decent. During the sales I was in a communal changing room and was stripped down to my knicks — and not my best car accident knickers either — when a woman said, ‘Aren’t you that woman off the telly?’ and everyone stared.”
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nicks, knickerbockers, yankees, niggerball, jints, yankee.
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