Definition of Knicks

1. Proper noun. The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, formerly the New York Knickerbockers of the Basketball Association of America. ¹

2. Noun. (British colloquial) Knickers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Knicks

1. knickers [n] - See also: knickers

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knicks

knick-knacks
knick points
knicker
knickerbocker
knickerbocker glories
knickerbocker glory
knickerbockers
knickered
knickerless
knickerlessness
knickers
knickknack
knickknackatory
knickknackery
knickknacks
knicks (current term)
knife
knife-edge
knife-handle
knife-rest crystal
knife and fork
knife blade
knife edge
knife fight
knife needle
knife pleat
knife rest
knife roll
knife switch
knife thrust

Literary usage of Knicks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Festschrift for Herman Rubin by Anirban DasGupta, Herman Rubin (2004)
"[This last consideration did arise in the playoff between the Miami Heat and the New York knicks.] The need for the incorporation of such features was ..."

2. Hackoff.com: An Historic Murder Mystery Set in the Internet Bubble and Rubble by Tom Evslin (2006)
"I didn't think we had enough cash to buy the knicks but Madison Square Garden ... Do we invite all the knicks? I'd really like to meet Clyde Frazer; ..."

3. Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers Preserved in the Bodleian Library by Frederick James Routledge, William Dunn Macray, Bodleian Library, Edward Hyde Clarendon (1876)
"These poor knicks (sic) do not love him because they think he was concerned ... these poor seditious knicks in the matter of the Excommunication in Ireland, ..."

4. Calendar of the Clarendon State Papers Preserved in the Bodleian Library by Frederick James Routledge, William Dunn Macray, Bodleian Library, Edward Hyde Clarendon (1876)
"These poor knicks (sic) ... these poor seditious knicks in the matter of the Excommunication in Ireland, even if he will not declare it unjust and invalid. ..."

5. The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Basketball Guide by National Collegiate Athletic Association (1906)
"4A knicks. l.75 ings, . . .75 No. 47 Belt .5O Price, if separate articles composing —— outfit are ... 3A knicks. 2.25 No. IRC Stock ings. . . t.tO No. ..."

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