Knicks
name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·1 syllable ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Knickers. British, colloquial, plural, plural-only
"“People never notice you when you are looking half- decent. During the sales I was in a communal changing room and was stripped down to my knicks — and not my best car accident knickers either — when a woman said, ‘Aren’t you that woman off the telly?’ and everyone stared.”"
- 2 Lycra pants (usually short) used by cyclists. plural, plural-only
Proper Noun
- 1 The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.
Example
More examples"Madison Square Garden is the home of the New York Knicks."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From the fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of knickers.
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