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kneesies

American  
[nee-zeez] / ˈni ziz /

idioms

  1. play kneesies,  to rub knees with another person, especially surreptitiously and in an amorous or sexually provocative manner, as while seated at a table.

Etymology

Origin of kneesies

First recorded in 1950–55; knee + -sy + -s 3

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