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kneesie

kneesie noun: knee.

Noun

kneesie (plural kneesies)

  1. (childish) Knee.
    • Now spread out your little kneesies.1923, Homer Croy, West of the Water Tower, page 325
    • I've never seen so many strange looking hippies— also strange looking thighsies, kneesies and tummies.1972, Totie Fields, I THINK I'LL START ON MONDAY The Official 8 1/2 oz. Mashed Potato Diet
  2. Knee-to-knee contact, especially as a method of flirtation when out of sight; kneesies.
    • We had an irresistible guide, most of him Negro and the rest of him Chinese, and while I don't go much for one or the other, the combination was fairly riveting: so I let him play kneesie under the table, because frankly I didn't find him at all banal, but then one night he took us to a blue movie...1958, Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's: a short novel and three stories, page 60
    • If she was out alone on New Year's Eve and playing kneesie under the table with a sex-mad sax man, she must be up to the age of consent.1973, Pat Richoux, The Stardust Kid, page 176
  3. A trampoline move in which one bounces on the knees.
    • Poppy lifts the hose's heavy head and the purest water in the world forms a rainbow through which Talia does a kneesie, then bounces back onto her feet, squealing.2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 237
    • It also has a trampoline. I'm doing “kneesies-sitsies-upsees,” a trampoline routine I learned as a child, when I try to pull Eduardo up on the trampoline with me.2019, Joanne Solomon, The Gift Economy
  4. (dated) A knee-length skirt.
    • The "kneesie" ( from the knee to 2 inches below) was extraspecial, for narrow thirties coats or after-five slinky dresses, at their best with dark shimmery stockings and tall-heeled shoes.1969, Year Book Covering the Year 1970, page 232
    • 'Kneesies' win skirmish over hot pants Joy reigns supreme in New York's garment center, says a staff reporter for Wall Street Journal, as the result of a compromise reached in the battle between the midis and the hot pants.1970, Shepherd - Volumes 15-16, page 32

Examples of kneesie in a sentence

  • There was no way a man with a nickname like Sobersides would be suspected of playing a sophisticated variation of kneesie in front of five hundred of the most important business people in the city.1986, Rosemary Aubert, Firebrand, page 247:
  • What I enjoyed most was playing kneesie with Tom, who either thought I was part of the table or put up with it because it was my birthday.1997, James Schuyler, Nathan Kernan, The diary of James Schuyler, page 193:
  • The trade is pinning high hopes on the “kneesie".1971, Forbes - Volume 108, page 18:
  • In its place and catching on fast is the "kneesie," the skirt with the hemline at the knee.1971 July, “The Months Ahead”, in Kiplinger's Personal Finance, volume 25, number 7, page 5:

Forms of kneesie

pluralkneesies

Origin of kneesie

From knee + -sie.

Questions about kneesie

What does kneesie mean?
Kneesie means knee.
How do you use kneesie in a sentence?
There was no way a man with a nickname like Sobersides would be suspected of playing a sophisticated variation of kneesie in front of five hundred of the most important business people in the city.
What part of speech is kneesie?
Kneesie is a noun.
What is the plural of kneesie?
The plural of kneesie is kneesies.

Words near kneesie in the dictionary

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

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