knicks
/nˈɪks/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.
Example Sentences
- "“People never notice you when you are looking half- decent. During the sales I was in a communal changing room and was stripped down to my knicks — and not my best car accident knickers either — when a woman said, ‘Aren’t you that woman off the telly?’ and everyone stared.”"
- "Despite all the attention focused on Beth, when Gossip performs, they are without doubt a band: Nathan and Hannah Billie, the drummer, being just as cartoon charismatic as Beth herself, though perhaps less likely to strip to their knicks and dive-bomb the crowd."
Etymology
Usage
- British usage
- Colloquial