knickers
Also knick·er·bock·ers [nik-er-bok-erz]. /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/. loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
Chiefly British.
a bloomerslike undergarment worn by women.
British Informal. a woman's or girl's short-legged underpants.
Idioms about knickers
to get one's knickers in a twist, British Slang. to get flustered or agitated: Don't get your knickers in a twist every time the telephone rings.
Origin of knickers
1Words Nearby knickers
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How to use knickers in a sentence
knickers I had designed—gray tweed, gray leather gloves, gray socks.
Pryor Dodge's Two-Wheeled Obsession Is Now a Museum of Bike History | Anthony Haden-Guest | September 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou also get to hear LaBeouf say, in an accent that I assume is English, “You should probably take off your knickers.”
Charlotte Gainsbourg’s Raw Performance in ‘Nymphomaniac’ Is Not About the Sex | Jimmy So | March 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInsecurities abounded, and Kennan, it seems, pretty much always had his knickers in a twist about something.
The Man Who Knew Russia Best: George Kennan’s Revealing Diaries | James A. Warren | March 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn stage, he played monster and made small girls wet their knickers.
What It Was Like to Watch the Beatles Become the Beatles—Nik Cohn Remembers | Nik Cohn | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWere you surprised by the number of twisted knickers caused by The God Delusion, in which you argue that God cannot exist?
No thick-booted undergraduates' holiday-parties nor furry art-students with knickers and bare throats here.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsI suppose they'll resolve into baggy knickers and the sort of long shirt with a belt to it the youngsters of your age all wear.
Red Pepper Burns | Grace S. RichmondIt was not in that pocket, nor in the one on the other side, nor in his knickers.
Wood Magic | Richard JefferiesShe sees me, of course, in all stages of dress and undress, and greatly admires my warm spun knickers and stockings!
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael StopesThen, digging deep in her knickers pocket, she dragged forth a new five dollar bill.
Gypsy Flight | Roy J. Snell
British Dictionary definitions for knickers
/ (ˈnɪkəz) /
an undergarment for women covering the lower trunk and sometimes the thighs and having separate legs or leg-holes
a US variant of knickerbockers
get one's knickers in a twist slang to become agitated, flustered, or upset
Origin of knickers
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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