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knee-high

/ˌniːˈhaɪ/US/ˌniˈhaɪ/

knee-high adjective: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee, high: reaching to the height of a person's knees.

knee-high: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee, high: reaching to the height of a person's...
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Adjective

knee-high (not comparable)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee, high: reaching to the height of a person's knees.
    • Near-synonym: knee-deep
    • knee-high by the Fourth of July
    Synonyms:
    knee-deep
  2. (figuratively) Very young.
    • John Fred Gourrier had been listening to Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, and the Spiders since he was knee-high.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 207

Noun

knee-high (plural knee-highs)

  1. (US, plural-normally) A sock or stocking that reaches to just below the knees.
    Synonyms:
    pop sock

knee-high meaning in Vietnamese

knee-high in Vietnamese

sock that reaches almost up to the knee
tất nhỡ

Synonyms of knee-high

Forms of knee-high

pluralknee-highs

Origin of knee-high

From knee + high (adjective).

Words formed from knee-high

Words that rhyme with knee-high

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Questions about knee-high

What does knee-high mean?
Knee-high means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see knee, high: reaching to the height of a person's knees.
What is knee-high in Vietnamese?
Knee-high in Vietnamese is tất nhỡ. See Knee-high meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is knee-high?
Knee-high can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce knee-high?
Knee-high is pronounced /ˌniːˈhaɪ/ (UK).

Words near knee-high in the dictionary

  1. knee-caps
  2. knee-cords
  3. knee-crooking
  4. knee-deep
  5. knee-deep in the Big Muddy
  6. knee-high
  7. knee-high blackberry
  8. knee-high by the Fourth of July
  9. knee-high to a grasshopper
  10. knee-highs
  11. knee-jerk

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