English Explanatory Dictionary

Knicks

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America.
noun
  1. Knickers.
  2. Lycra pants (usually short) used by cyclists.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-knicks.wav

Word forms

Knicks

Etymology

From the fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker, a pseudonym of Washington Irving.

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