knee-high

[ adjective nee-hahy; noun nee-hahy ]
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adjective
  1. as high as the knees.

noun
  1. knee-highs. Also knee highs, knee-hi's, knee his . socks, stockings, or boots that cover the lower legs to just below the knees.

Origin of knee-high

1
An Americanism dating back to 1735–45

Words Nearby knee-high

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How to use knee-high in a sentence

  • I knowed her when she wasn't knee high—and yer done —— —— well, by ——!

  • I used to feel that way, too, Betty, and I had a lake to swim in from the time I was knee-high to a duck.

    Betty Lee, Freshman | David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
  • Raised right in the same town with him, from a kid knee-high to a grasshopper!

    Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
  • Jack will bring some knee-high moosehide moccasins—no machine-made junk, either.

    The Rogue Elephant | Elliott Whitney
  • Uya following stopped knee-high across the stream, and the man who was swimming turned about.

    Tales of Space and Time | Herbert George Wells

British Dictionary definitions for knee-high

knee-high

adjective
  1. another word for knee-deep (def. 1)

  2. as high as the knee: a knee-high child

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