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knicker

/ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/

knicker noun: of or relating to knickers.

Noun (1)

knicker (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) Of or relating to knickers.
    • knicker elastic, knicker drawer, knicker thief
    • A knicker nicker nicked a pair of knickers off the clothesline.
  2. knickerbockers
    • Country club men had reinstated the knicker, adding four inches in length […]1983, David Lanier Lewis, Laurence Goldstein, The Automobile and American Culture, page 58
    • A sock worn in the regulation fashion, under the knicker, looks neatest and permits the proper full flare of the knicker.1925, The Clothier and Furnisher, volume 106, page 79

Noun (2)

knicker (plural knickers)

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 (UK, US, dated, dialectal) A kind of marble used in games, originally made of clay, baked hard and oiled.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

knicker meaning in Tamil and Kannada

knicker in Tamil

குறுங்காற் சட்டை

knicker in Kannada

ಚಡ್ಡಿ, ಚೆಡ್ಡಿ

Synonyms of knicker

Forms of knicker

pluralknickers

Origin of knicker

From Dutch knikker.

Words formed from knicker

Phrases with knicker

Words that rhyme with knicker

15 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about knicker

What does knicker mean?
Knicker means of or relating to knickers.
What is knicker in Tamil?
Knicker in Tamil is குறுங்காற் சட்டை. See Knicker meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is knicker?
Knicker is a noun.
How do you pronounce knicker?
Knicker is pronounced /ˈnɪkə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of knicker?
The plural of knicker is knickers.

Words near knicker in the dictionary

  1. knick-knacks
  2. knick-knacky
  3. knick-knock
  4. knicked
  5. knicked off
  6. knicker
  7. knicker drawer
  8. knicker drawers
  9. knickerbocker
  10. knickerbocker glories
  11. knickerbocker glory

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Adapted from Wiktionary: knicker (page history and authors); knicker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); knicker (Kannada 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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