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knickers
[ nik-erz ]
noun
- Also knick·er·bock·ers [] 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.
knickers
/ ˈnɪkəz /
plural noun
- 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of knickers1
Word History and Origins
Origin of knickers1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
Example Sentences
Knickers I had designed—gray tweed, gray leather gloves, gray socks.
You also get to hear LaBeouf say, in an accent that I assume is English, “You should probably take off your knickers.”
Insecurities abounded, and Kennan, it seems, pretty much always had his knickers in a twist about something.
On stage, he played monster and made small girls wet their knickers.
Were 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.
I 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.
It was not in that pocket, nor in the one on the other side, nor in his knickers.
She sees me, of course, in all stages of dress and undress, and greatly admires my warm spun knickers and stockings!
Then, digging deep in her knickers pocket, she dragged forth a new five dollar bill.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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