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knees-up

knees-up noun: a party.

Noun

knees-up (plural knees-ups)

  1. (UK, informal) A party.
    • Let's have a bit of a knees-up, Arp.1956, Wolf Mankowitz, My Old Man's a Dustman
    • However, having heard all the mutinous chants Taxpayer FC’s fans sang about Gollivan at Vicarage Road, Moyes has realised it’s probably part of his remit to spread some love and urge everyone in east London to have a good old Cockney knees-up before Friday’s visit from Leicester City.2017 November 24, Jacob Steinberg, “There’s no pleasing some people”, in The Guardian

knees-up meaning in Bengali

knees-up in Bengali

একটি পার্টি, উৎসব

Forms of knees-up

pluralknees-ups

Origin of knees-up

UK 20th century. From the song "Knees Up Mother Brown" (from at least 1918; published 1938). Suggesting the motions of dancing.

Questions about knees-up

What does knees-up mean?
Knees-up means a party.
What is knees-up in Bengali?
Knees-up in Bengali is একটি পার্টি, উৎসব. See Knees-up meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is knees-up?
Knees-up is a noun.
What is the plural of knees-up?
The plural of knees-up is knees-ups.

Words near knees-up in the dictionary

  1. kneeprints
  2. Kneer
  3. kneeroom
  4. Kneers
  5. knees
  6. knees-up
  7. knees-ups
  8. kneesie
  9. kneesies
  10. kneesock
  11. kneesocks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: knees-up (page history and authors); knees-up (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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