knicker
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7.0
- noun
- /ˈnɪkə/
- UK
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braga
- Peach-Pink Directoire Knickers and Silk Opera-Top Vests.
- wear knickers
- get your knickers
- pair of knickers
Oh, so these are thong spank but I have my own knickers on underneath.
- Oh, so these are thong spank but I have my own knickers on underneath.
- So Lawrence Fox posted a picture on X of Narendra getting out of a cab with no knickers on.
- Ohh, you're going to come back as a pair of knickers, Charles.
- Stupid people, you know, people that I call them fur coat, no knickers.
- I choose naked as that moment when you're walking down Athens High Street and you're elastic on your knickers pings and your pants fall down.
- If I if I was my message saw me wearing my heels and pair of knickers or whatever.
- I wish people would stop asking what's going on in my knickers and I wish people would stop asking me who the man or the woman in the relationship is.
Examples
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You can actually buy schoolgirls' knickers out of vending machines.
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Baskets of tights and knickers on display.
Fiction book (1998) -
I got a pack of four knickers just in black and white and black and white.
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Gonna grab some clean knickers and underwear, a fresh bra.
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She bought a new pair of knickers before her holiday to the beach.
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For her dance class, she wore comfortable knickers that allowed her to move freely.
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After exercising, she changed into fresh knickers and a t-shirt.
Synonyms
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3.6
A pair of short underwear worn by women or girls
28
2.6
A close-fitting piece of underwear for women or girls
5
1.0
Loose underpants for men that look like shorts
3
8.4
A piece of clothing worn under other clothes like socks or an undershirt
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4.1
Short, tight men's underwear that fit close to the body
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1.0
Underwear for men that covers the hips and bottom
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7.7
Short underpants for women or children
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8.5
Loose underpants that women wore under their dresses in the past
Clothes people wear under other clothes that cover the area from the waist to the upper thighs
A type of short, tight underwear that covers the hips and buttocks but not the thighs
Short, tight underwear worn under clothes, usually by men
Underwear men wore under their clothes in the past
Surface Forms
Etymology
Knicker, often heard as plural knickers, comes from the same Knickerbocker name and was first used for short pants. Over time people began using it for 'underpants' that are short and close to the body, so knickers today usually means short underpants for women or girls.