knickers (redirected from got knickers in a twist)

knick·ers  (nkrz)

pl.n.

1.

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.

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[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

get one's knickers in a twist Slang to become agitated, flustered, or upset

[contraction of knickerbockers]

Thesaurus

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

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knickers

plural noun underwear, smalls, briefs, drawers, panties, bloomers She bought Ann two bras and six pairs of knickers.

Translations

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

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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

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knickers

pl

(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

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

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

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knickers

n pl knickers [ˈnikəz]

women's and girls' pants, especially if loose-fitting and gathered in at the thigh. broek, vrouebroek بَنْطَلون قَصير نِسائي кюлоти kalhotky underbukser der Schlüpfer κιλότα bragas püksikud, (naiste) puhvpüksid زیر شلواری زنانه alushousut culotte, knickers אַברָקַיִים नीकर dugačke ženske gaće bez dugmeta bugyi celana tanggung nærbuxur kvenna mutandine, knickers ブルマー 여성용 속옷 kelnės (sieviešu) biksītes seluar dalam wanita slipje gammeldagse truser majtki calcinhas chiloţi de damă панталоны nohavičky ženske spodnjice ženski donji veš underbyxor กางเกงทรงหลวม ๆ ยาวแค่เข่า kadın külodu 燈籠褲 жіночі трусики زنانہ جانگھیا quần chẽn gối 灯笼裤

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knickers → سروال قصير kalhotky trusser Schlüpfer κιλότα bragas, interiores naisten alushousut culotte gaćice mutande ショーツ 니커스 onderbroek (lange) truser majtki calcinha, cuecas трусики underbyxor กางเกงในสตรี külot quần lót 短裤