knick·ers

(nĭk′ərz)

pl.n.

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]

knickers

panties

Knickers

Short for Knickerbocker pants.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	knickers - trousers ending above the knee breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers 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.	knickers - underpants worn by women; "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing" bloomers, pants, drawers 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

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

Schlüpfer

κιλότα

bragas calzones

naisten alushousut

culotte slip caleçon

gaćice

nærbuxur kvenna

mutande mutandoni

ショーツ

니커스

biksītes

onderbroek

nikkers (lange) truser

majtki

calcinha cuecas

трусики

ženske spodnjice

underbyxor

กางเกงในสตรี

kadın külodukülot

quần lót

灯笼裤短裤

knickers

[ˈnɪkəz] NPL

1. (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

2. (archaic) = knickerbockers

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

knickers

[ˈnɪkə^rz] npl (British)

(= one pair) → culotte f (de femme)
a pair of knickers → une culotte
a display of bras and knickers → un étalage de soutiens-gorges et de culottes
to get one's knickers in a twist (= get agitated) → être dans tous ses états

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

knickers

(Brit) → Schlüpfer m; to get one’s knickers in a twist (over something) (inf) → sich (dat) → (wegen etw) ins Hemd machen (sl); don’t get your knickers in a twist! (inf) → dreh nicht gleich durch! (inf); knickers to you! (inf: = rubbish) → Quatsch! (inf)

(old) = knickerbockers

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

knickers

[ˈnɪkəz] npl (Brit) → slip m inv (da donna), mutandine fpl

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

knickers

(ˈnikəz) noun plural

women's and girls' pants, especially if loose-fitting and gathered in at the thigh.

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

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