knickers

[nik-erz] /ˈnɪk ərz/
noun, (used with a plural verb)
1.
Also, knickerbockers
[nik-er-bok-erz] /ˈnɪk ərˌbɒk ərz/ (Show IPA). loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
2.
Chiefly British.
  1. a bloomerslike undergarment worn by women.
  2. panties.
3.
British Informal. a woman's or girl's short-legged underpants.
Idioms
4.
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
1880-85; shortened form of knickerbockers, plural of knickerbocker, special use of Knickerbocker
Examples from the web for knickers
  • She probably started driving home as soon as she woke up and realized her knickers went missing.
  • After all, they know how tired and grey your knickers are.
  • She will throw the knickers far away down in the fairy fort.
  • Certainly sticking our nose into other people's knickers is not one of our habits.
  • But before the housing industry's lobbyists get their knickers in a twist, there are the politics to consider.
  • He once showed up on a course in all-tweed, including tweed knickers and a tweed cap.
  • He grabbed her hair and stuffed the knickers in her mouth.
  • Makes no sense to get the knickers in a twist about it.
  • The public, however, didn't get its knickers in a knot.
  • No, no one's knickers got into a twist until it came to contraception golly.
British Dictionary definitions for knickers

knickers

/ˈnɪkəz/
plural noun
1.
an undergarment for women covering the lower trunk and sometimes the thighs and having separate legs or leg-holes
2.
a US variant of knickerbockers
3.
(slang) get one's knickers in a twist, to become agitated, flustered, or upset
Word Origin
C19: contraction of knickerbockers
Word Origin and History for knickers
n.

"short, loose-fitting undergarment," now usually for women but not originally so, 1866, shortening of knickerbockers (1859), said to be so called for their resemblance to the trousers of old-time Dutchmen in Cruikshank's illustrations for Washington Irving's "History of New York" (see knickerbocker).

Slang definitions & phrases for knickers

knickers

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