5 results for: knickers Browse Nearby Entries
French Knickers
200 Brands:Lingerie, swim & more; Because Style Starts Underneath.
www.figleaves.com

Sponsored Links
Golf Knickers - On Sale..
Golf Knickers for Men and Women ! Low Prices, 20 Colors, Ships today.
www.golfknickers.com
Knickers Pants
Explore 5,000+ Pairs of Pants. Deals on Knickers Pants!
BizRate.com/Pants
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
knick·ers    Audio Help   [nik-erz] Pronunciation Key
–noun (used with a plural verb)
1.Also, knick·er·bock·ers    Audio Help   [nik-er-bok-erz] Pronunciation Key. loose-fitting short trousers gathered in at the knees.
2.Chiefly British.
a.a bloomerslike undergarment worn by women.
b.panties.
3.British Informal. a woman's or girl's short-legged underpants.
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, pl. of knickerbocker, special use of Knickerbocker]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
French Knickers
200 Brands:Lingerie, swim & more; Because Style Starts Underneath.
www.figleaves.com

Sponsored Links
Golf Knickers - On Sale..
Golf Knickers for Men and Women ! Low Prices, 20 Colors, Ships today.
www.golfknickers.com
Knickers Pants
Explore 5,000+ Pairs of Pants. Deals on Knickers Pants!
BizRate.com/Pants
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
knickers

To learn more about knickers visit Britannica.com

© 2008 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Knickers Pants
Knickers Pants Online. Shop Target.com.
www.Target.com

Sponsored Link
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
knick·ers    Audio Help   (nĭk'ərz)  Pronunciation Key 
pl.n.  
    1. Long bloomers formerly worn as underwear by women and girls.
    2. Chiefly British Panties.
  1. Full breeches gathered and banded just below the knee.


[Short for knickerbockers.]

(Download Now or Buy the Book)
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
knickers 
"short, loose-fitting undergarment," now usually for women, 1881, shortening of knickerbockers (1859), said to be so called for their resemblance to those of Dutchmen in Cruikshank's illustrations from Washington Irving's "History of New York" (see knickerbocker).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
knickers

noun
1. trousers ending above the knee [syn: breeches
2. underpants worn by women; "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing" [syn: bloomers

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
knickers [ˈnikəz] noun plural
women's and girls' pants, especially if loose-fitting and gathered in at the thigh
Arabic: بَنْطَلون قَصير نِسائي
Chinese (Simplified): 灯笼裤
Chinese (Traditional): 燈籠褲
Czech: kalhotky
Danish: underbukser
Dutch: slipje
Estonian: püksikud, (naiste) puhvpüksid
Finnish: alushousut
French: culotte, knickers
German: der Schlüpfer
Greek: κιλότα
Hungarian: bugyi
Icelandic: nærbuxur kvenna
Indonesian: celana tanggung
Italian: mutandine*, knickers
Japanese: ブルマー
Latvian: (sieviešu) biksītes
Lithuanian: kelnės
Norwegian: gammeldagse truser
Polish: majtki
Portuguese (Brazil): calcinha
Portuguese (Portugal): calcinhas
Romanian: chiloţi de damă
Russian: панталоны
Slovak: nohavičky
Slovenian: ženske spodnjice
Spanish: bragas
Swedish: underbyxor
Turkish: kadın külodu
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.
Browse Nearby Entries:

kng
kngf
kngu
knh
knhb
knhm
knhs
kni
knick-knack
knicker
knickerbocker
knickerbocker's
knickerbockered
knickerbockers
knickerbockers'
knickered
knickers
knickers'
knickknack
knickknack's
knickknackatory
knickknacked
knickknackery
knickknacks
knickknacks'
knickknacky
knickpoint
knicks
knies
knies, karl gustav adolf
kniest
kniest syndrome
knif

View results from: Dictionary | Thesaurus | Encyclopedia | All Reference | the Web

Share This:   Share This: del.icio.usShare This: digg.comShare This: FacebookShare This: furl.netShare This: www.netscape.comShare This: myweb2.search.yahoo.comShare This: www.stumbleupon.comShare This: www.google.comShare This: www.technorati.comShare This: blinklist.comShare This: newsvine.comShare This: ma.gnolia.comShare This: reddit.comShare This: favorites.live.comShare This: tailrank.com

Perform a new search, or try your search for "knickers" at: