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Nikes

/ˈnaɪki(ː)z/

Nikes noun: sports shoes of the brand Nike.

Noun

Nikes pl (normally plural, singular Nike)

  1. (colloquial, plural, plural-normally) Sports shoes of the brand Nike.
    • Every time I laced up my Nikes, they became my badge of honor. That swoosh became a shield I wore to protect my dreams, held inside a chest with lungs that were born tired.2010, Dottie Lessard, Seven Letters That Saved My Life, page 31

Forms of Nikes

singularNike

Questions about Nikes

What does Nikes mean?
Nikes means sports shoes of the brand Nike.
What part of speech is Nikes?
Nikes is a noun.
How do you pronounce Nikes?
Nikes is pronounced /ˈnaɪki(ː)z/.

Words near Nikes in the dictionary

  1. nikahs
  2. nikau
  3. nikaus
  4. Nikałajova
  5. Nike
  6. Nikes
  7. nikethamide
  8. Nikhil
  9. Niki
  10. Niki Lauda
  11. niki-niki

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