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silkies

silkies is the plural of silkie.

silkies is the plural of silky.

Noun

silkies pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) Silky lingerie.
    • Lightweight, tightly woven silkies, sheers, lingerie1992, Tammy Young, Naomi Baker, Serged Garments in Minutes, page 22
    • Gina knew from experience — from her first set of NaughtyNice silkies — that it was a color that looked very, very nice on her.2018, K. D. West, The Visitor Rises
  2. (informal, plural, plural-only) Short shorts for men, made of a thin fabric, with a lining and a pocket inside to hold a key while jogging.
    Synonyms:
    ranger panties

Meaning of silkie

Noun

silkie (plural silkies)

  1. A chicken of a certain breed with very fine, silk-like feathers, blue-black skin and bones, and five toes per foot (instead of the usual four).
    • Our results also identified the causative mutation of polydactylous Silkie was not exist in other nonpolydactyly chickens, suggesting that SNP of polydactyly in Silkie has fully penetrated all other indigenous Chinese chicken breeds.2016 February 10, “Parallel Evolution of Polydactyly Traits in Chinese and European Chickens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Meaning of silky

Adjective

silky (comparative silkier, superlative silkiest)

  1. Similar in appearance or texture (especially in softness and smoothness) to silk.
    • silky hair
    Synonyms:
    silken, silklike, seric
  2. Smooth and pleasant; seductive.
    • a silky voice
  3. Covered in long, slender, glistening hairs pressed close to the surface; sericeous.
  4. (slang) Having sensibilities of mainstream culture, in contrast to crunchy.
    • Cribs and formula, strollers and baby food epitomize silky parenting.

Synonyms of silkies

Questions about silkies

What does silkies mean?
Silkies means silky lingerie.
What is silkies the plural of?
Silkies is the plural of silkie.
What part of speech is silkies?
Silkies is a noun.

Words near silkies in the dictionary

  1. silkgrower
  2. silkgrowers
  3. silkgrowing
  4. silkie
  5. silkier
  6. silkies
  7. silkiest
  8. silkily
  9. Silkin
  10. silkiness
  11. silkinesses

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