Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knickerbocker

/ˈnɪkɚbɑkɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: knicker-bock-er
IPA: /ˈnɪkɚbɑkɚ/

31

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Of or relating to knickerbockers.

Archaic; Uncountable

noun

A linsey-woolsey fabric with a rough knotted surface on the right side, formerly used for women's dresses.

Uncountable

noun

A surname from Dutch.

noun

A New Yorker, particularly a scion of its old Dutch families

Archaic

noun

A player for the New York Knicks

noun

A player for the New York Knickerbockers

Example Sentences

"...with a rudimentary beard to set it off, a dirty shirt, a rifle, a coat over my arm, and half a grouse in my knickerbocker pocket."
"His knickerbocker days are gone, His last long stockings laid away: My baby has his trousers on, — My boy becomes a man to-day."

Etymology

See knickerbockers.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: knacker, Bäcker, bakker, knicker

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈnɪkɚbɑkɚ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Knickerbockers (plural)

Derived Forms

knickerbockered Knickerbockers knickers

Phrases

knickerbocker glory Father Knickerbocker

Questions

How do you pronounce knickerbocker?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɪkɚbɑkɚ/.
What does knickerbocker mean?: Of or relating to knickerbockers.
Where does knickerbocker come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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