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knickers
[nik-erz]
noun
Also knickerbockers 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
/ ˈɪə /
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
slangto become agitated, flustered, or upset
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of knickers1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of knickers1
Idioms and Phrases
to get one's knickers in a twist, to get flustered or agitated.
Don't get your knickers in a twist every time the telephone rings.
Example Sentences
"I got a little inkling of what Superman feels like when he puts his knickers on," Cullen laughs.
On social media, the Fleet lights - which the council said were meant to look like lanterns - were described as resembling knickers.
People on social media have said the request trivialised animal rights issues, but Ms Allen has hit back saying critics were getting their "knickers in a twist".
“Obviously if I get in with no knickers, on my head be it.”
Guess, a remix of the Brat original, dropped on Thursday night and showed Billie smashing into a party on a bulldozer surrounded by thousands of bras and knickers.
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When To Use
Knickers most commonly refers to women’s underwear.Knickers is primarily used in the U.K., where it may sound a little old-fashioned or childish—a lot of British people think of knickers as what grandmothers and little girls wear (as opposed to underwear). It is often used to intentionally imply such associations or to be funny.In the U.S., knickers was once used to refer to breeches, a kind of knee-length pants once popular for men and boys. But both the pants and the word for them are rarely used anymore.Example: My mum bought me some new knickers that look like they’re for my granny.
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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