knickers
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knick·ers
(nĭk′ərz)pl.n.
1.
a. Long bloomers formerly worn as underwear by women and girls.
b. Chiefly British Panties.
2. Full breeches gathered and banded just below the knee.
[Short for knickerbockers.]
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knickers
(ˈnɪkəz)pl n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) an undergarment for women covering the lower trunk and sometimes the thighs and having separate legs or leg-holes
2. (Clothing & Fashion) a US variant of knickerbockers
3. get one's knickers in a twist slang to become agitated, flustered, or upset
[C19: contraction of knickerbockers]
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knick•ers
(ˈnɪk ərz)n. (used with a pl. v.)
1. loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
2. Brit. women's underpants.
Idioms: get one's knickers in a twist, Brit. Slang. to get flustered or agitated.
[1880–85; shortened form of knickerbockers, pl. of knickerbocker, special use of Knickerbocker]
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knickers
panties
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Knickers
Short for Knickerbocker pants.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() britches - informal term for breeches buckskins - breeches made of buckskin codpiece - (15th-16th century) a flap for the crotch of men's tight-fitting breeches plus fours - men's baggy knickers hanging below the knees; formerly worn for sports (especially golf) trouser, pant - (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" trunk hose - puffed breeches of the 16th and 17th centuries usually worn over hose plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
2. | ![]() underpants - an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
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knickers
plural noun underwear, smalls, briefs, drawers, panties, bloomers She bought Ann two bras and six pairs of knickers.
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Translations
بَنْطَلون قَصير نِسائيمَلابِسٌ دَاخِلِيَّةٌ
kalhotky
trusserunderbukser
naisten alushousut
gaćice
nærbuxur kvenna
ショーツ
니커스
biksītes
ženske spodnjice
underbyxor
กางเกงในสตรี
kadın külodukülot
quần lót
knickers
[ˈnɪkəz] NPL1. (Brit) → bragas fpl, calzones mpl (LAm)
knickers to you! → ¡vete a al porra!, ¡vete a tomar por saco! (Sp)
to get one's knickers in a twist → ponerse nervioso
knickers to you! → ¡vete a al porra!, ¡vete a tomar por saco! (Sp)
to get one's knickers in a twist → ponerse nervioso
2. (archaic) = knickerbockers
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knickers
[ˈnɪkərz] npl (British)Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
knickers
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knickers
(ˈnikəz) noun plural women's and girls' pants, especially if loose-fitting and gathered in at the thigh.
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Knickers
→ مَلابِسٌ دَاخِلِيَّةٌ kalhotky trusser Schlüpfer κιλότα bragas, calzones naisten alushousut culotte gaćice mutande ショーツ 니커스 onderbroek (lange) truser majtki calcinha, cuecas трусики underbyxor กางเกงในสตรี külot quần lót 短裤Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009