knicker

See also: Knicker

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: nicker

Etymology 1

Noun

knicker (uncountable)

1. (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickers.

   knicker elastic, knicker drawer, knicker thief

   A knicker nicker nicked a pair of knickers off the clothesline.

2. knickerbockers
   • 1983, David Lanier Lewis, Laurence Goldstein, The Automobile and American Culture, page 58:

     Country club men had reinstated the knicker, adding four inches in length […]

   • 1925, The Clothier and Furnisher, volume 106, page 79:

     A sock worn in the regulation fashion, under the knicker, looks neatest and permits the proper full flare of the knicker.

Etymology 2

From Dutch knikker.

Noun

knicker (plural knickers)

1. (dated, dialect, UK, US) A kind of marble used in games, originally made of clay, baked hard and oiled.

   Synonym: nicker

References

• “knicker”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Kenrick, Kricken

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(k)ni.kœʁ/
• Rhymes: -œʁ

Noun

knicker m (plural knickers)

1. Alternative form of knickers

Further reading

• “knicker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.